# Birkendua Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Birkendua

Birkendua is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **814 people in 156 households**, the 33rd largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 814people (2011)
- 156households
- 45.8%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birkendua

Of every 100 households in Birkendua in 2011, 13 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birkendua · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**70%

Use banking services ****47%**

**44%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**31%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Birkendua?

■ Birkendua · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.8%**

**58.4%

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

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**956

Working population ****36.7%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.2% for men and 36.1% for women. 40% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (10%) · **■** Other work 45 (15%) · **■** Marginal 220 (74%)

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 Farakka

- Damodarpur1,360 people
- Par Suzapur Mandai1,291 people
- Uttar Jamalpur1,239 people
- Laharia1,184 people
- Sahanagar805 people
- Talipur798 people
- Puran Chandipur757 people
- Anuppur689 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birkendua?814 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birkendua in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birkendua?45.8% (Census 2011)