# Buruj Village, Baduria – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Buruj

Buruj is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,425 people in 348 households**, the 69th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 1,425people (2011)
- 348households
- 69.1%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buruj

Of every 100 households in Buruj in 2011, 24 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Buruj · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****42%**

**57%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Buruj?

■ Buruj · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**960

Working population ****38.1%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 63.8% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (18%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 214 (39%) · **■** Marginal 174 (32%)

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 Baduria

- Kefayetkati1,576 people
- Naturia Srirampur1,489 people
- Narikelberia1,478 people
- Mahespur1,448 people
- Dakshindiara1,378 people
- Dari Gobindapur1,353 people
- Sompur1,202 people
- Jagannathpur1,187 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buruj?1,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buruj in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buruj?69.1% (Census 2011)