# Biharipur Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Biharipur

Biharipur is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,015 people in 217 households**, the 48th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,015people (2011)
- 217households
- 88.0%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biharipur

Of every 100 households in Biharipur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biharipur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**10%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**37%

Television ****20%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

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 Biharipur?

■ Biharipur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**926

Working population ****34.6%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 82.4% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 206 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (11%) · **■** Other work 41 (12%) · **■** Marginal 64 (18%)

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 Egra - I

- Shikra Chakadei1,078 people
- Satkhanda1,074 people
- Bilbara1,057 people
- Khodkol1,045 people
- Gahabi1,014 people
- Rayda1,001 people
- Telami969 people
- Hansaria945 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biharipur?1,015 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biharipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biharipur?88.0% (Census 2011)