# Birpur Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Birpur

Birpur is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **138 people in 34 households**, the 205th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 138people (2011)
- 34households
- 81.2%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birpur

Of every 100 households in Birpur in 2011, 74 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birpur · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**18%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****15%**

**32%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Birpur?

■ Birpur · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**968

Working population ****34.8%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 67.9% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 17 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (50%) · **■** Other work 7 (15%)

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 Midnapore

- Chanpasol160 people
- Pandihi153 people
- Nandaria151 people
- Putki144 people
- Amadpur Pal125 people
- Bindaghaiat119 people
- Tamakbari119 people
- Mahulia111 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birpur?138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birpur?81.2% (Census 2011)