# Birdahi Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Birdahi

Birdahi is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **706 people in 147 households**, the 41st largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 706people (2011)
- 147households
- 73.5%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birdahi

Of every 100 households in Birdahi in 2011, 88 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Birdahi · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****98%**

**51%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Birdahi?

■ Birdahi · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**973

Working population ****57.9%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 69.1% for women. 58% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (12%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (14%) · **■** Marginal 232 (57%)

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 Sankrail

- Haripurbirua738 people
- Naikansol721 people
- Bahadurpur718 people
- Kutisai716 people
- Chhatri704 people
- Palaidanga693 people
- Baburbani692 people
- Gobindapur690 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birdahi?706 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birdahi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birdahi?73.5% (Census 2011)