# Burra Village, Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Burra

Burra is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **473 people in 117 households**, the 115th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 473people (2011)
- 117households
- 59.7%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Burra

Of every 100 households in Burra in 2011, 19 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Burra · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**41%

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

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****68%**

**46%

Television ****14%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Burra?

■ Burra · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**971

Working population ****32.8%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.2% for men and 52.5% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 48 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (50%) · **■** Other work 29 (19%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Parannagar494 people
- Krishnanagar488 people
- Nadna480 people
- Patna478 people
- Koriasol463 people
- Debigeria461 people
- Phatikchua461 people
- Mulbandh460 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Burra?473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Burra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Burra?59.7% (Census 2011)