# Birchali Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Birchali

Birchali is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **937 people in 190 households**, the 58th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 937people (2011)
- 190households
- 64.8%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birchali

Of every 100 households in Birchali in 2011, 11 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birchali · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**95%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**94%

Use banking services ****83%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**31%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Birchali?

■ Birchali · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**987

Working population ****57.1%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 50.1% for women. 57% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (11%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 347 (65%)

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 Arsha

- Tanasi1,046 people
- Thakursima Alias Simbhua1,006 people
- Sadpuara976 people
- Ramjibanpur941 people
- Tari918 people
- Harada910 people
- Kalabani828 people
- Gurahata802 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birchali?937 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birchali in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birchali?64.8% (Census 2011)