# Birkota Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Birkota

Birkota is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,370 people in 319 households**, the 56th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,370people (2011)
- 319households
- 90.4%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birkota

Of every 100 households in Birkota in 2011, 40 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birkota · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****49%**

**48%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****11%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Birkota?

■ Birkota · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****691**

**952

Working population ****52.6%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.6% for men and 83.3% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (23%) · **■** Household industry 118 (16%) · **■** Other work 51 (7%) · **■** Marginal 212 (29%)

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 Sabang

- Kolanda1,520 people
- Dakshinbar1,467 people
- Mogiani Chak Part-II1,443 people
- Singpur Fatechar1,408 people
- Routara Bari1,364 people
- Parashpur1,351 people
- Chandkuri1,346 people
- Makramnichak1,332 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birkota?1,370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birkota in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birkota?90.4% (Census 2011)