# Biramput Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/biramput/

Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Biramput

Biramput is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,370 people in 487 households**, the 9th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 2,370people (2011)
- 487households
- 65.3%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biramput

Of every 100 households in Biramput in 2011, 27 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biramput · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****28%**

**91%

Use banking services ****26%**

**43%

Television ****5%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**25%

Own their home ****69%**

**96%

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 Biramput?

■ Biramput · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**956

Working population ****36.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 57.2% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 444 (52%) · **■** Marginal 343 (40%)

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 Contai - I

- Majila Pur2,937 people
- Bishwanathpur2,853 people
- Baksispur2,788 people
- Nayaput2,372 people
- Paschim Manikpur2,308 people
- Kudbheri2,088 people
- Kantai2,045 people
- Silampur2,032 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biramput?2,370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biramput in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biramput?65.3% (Census 2011)