# Byang Pukuria Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Byang Pukuria

Byang Pukuria is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,117 people in 225 households**, the 43rd largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 1,117people (2011)
- 225households
- 74.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Byang Pukuria

Of every 100 households in Byang Pukuria in 2011, 56 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Byang Pukuria · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**19%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Byang Pukuria?

■ Byang Pukuria · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**953

Working population ****28.7%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 69.4% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (6%) · **■** Household industry 31 (10%) · **■** Other work 106 (33%) · **■** Marginal 35 (11%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Gachharati1,450 people
- Atkaria1,368 people
- Kathari1,302 people
- Ramnagar1,300 people
- Subidpur1,037 people
- Aswathakati1,006 people
- Nalkora948 people
- Chak Kamardanga882 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Byang Pukuria?1,117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Byang Pukuria in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Byang Pukuria?74.3% (Census 2011)