# Birkanar Village, Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Birkanar

Birkanar is a village in Binpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **200 people in 34 households**, the 237th largest of 427 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 200people (2011)
- 34households
- 68.9%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birkanar

Of every 100 households in Birkanar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Birkanar · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**19%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****9%**

**25%

Television ****27%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**25%

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 Birkanar?

■ Birkanar · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**954

Working population ****26.5%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 57.1% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 16 (30%) · **■** Marginal 4 (8%)

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 Binpur - I

- Chunpara203 people
- Dumuria203 people
- Uparbila203 people
- Satbilli202 people
- Baita199 people
- Rautara198 people
- Ratanpur196 people
- Jualbhanga195 people

[All 553 villages in Binpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/binpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birkanar?200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birkanar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Binpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birkanar?68.9% (Census 2011)