Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur
# Biripota

Biripota is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 576 people in 127 households, the 198th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.
- 576 people (2011)
- 127 households
- 78.5% literacy
- 926 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biripota

Of every 100 households in Biripota in 2011, 91 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biripota · ■ Keshpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 91% 69%
- Toilet within the home 10% 42%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 56%
- Tap water 0% 21%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 10%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 42% 96%
- Use banking services 2% 58%
- Television 5% 17%
- Mobile phone 6% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 24% 18%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Biripota?

■ Biripota · ■ Keshpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.5% 77.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 926 955
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1056 960
- Working population 52.8% 38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 66.5% for women. 58% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 33 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 118 (39%) · ■ Other work 10 (3%) · ■ Marginal 143 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Keshpur
- Puran Berya 587 people
- Junpara 584 people
- Narashinghapur 584 people
- Chanda Bila 580 people
- Khari Gerya 575 people
- Dakshin Parshura 570 people
- Sekhua Sol 570 people
- Kulibahara 567 people

All 634 villages in Keshpur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Biripota? 576 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biripota in? Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biripota? 78.5% (Census 2011)

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