# Birulia Village, Nandigram - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Birulia

Birulia is a village in Nandigram - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,744 people in 1,506 households**, the 5th largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.1%.

- 6,744people (2011)
- 1,506households
- 89.1%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birulia

Of every 100 households in Birulia in 2011, 23 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Birulia · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****60%**

**40%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Birulia?

■ Birulia · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**89.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**933

Working population ****36.8%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 84.4% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 231 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 819 (33%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 337 (14%) · **■** Marginal 1,081 (44%)

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 Nandigram - II

- Amda Bad10,833 people
- Kamalpur7,815 people
- Khodambari7,359 people
- Ghol Pukurya7,053 people
- Subdi5,615 people
- Bayal5,543 people
- Amratalya5,287 people
- Hanu Bhunya4,768 people

[All 40 villages in Nandigram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birulia?6,744 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birulia in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birulia?89.1% (Census 2011)