# Buraburi Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Buraburi

Buraburi is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **399 people in 107 households**, the 94th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 399people (2011)
- 107households
- 63.6%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buraburi

Of every 100 households in Buraburi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Buraburi · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**74%

Tap water ****50%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****1%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****89%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Buraburi?

■ Buraburi · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**930

Working population ****26.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 58.3% for women. 42% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 98 (93%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 6 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mekliganj

- Madhya Dhulia Khalisa409 people
- Purbba Patchhara Gopalpur407 people
- Jnankata Adhikari405 people
- Uttar Dwarikamari405 people
- Andaran Kharkharia375 people
- Kharija Panisala357 people
- Purbba Nijtaraf351 people
- Debottar Buraburi337 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buraburi?399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buraburi in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buraburi?63.6% (Census 2011)