# Biddiri Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Biddiri

Biddiri is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,110 people in 417 households**, the 16th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,110people (2011)
- 417households
- 38.7%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biddiri

Of every 100 households in Biddiri in 2011, 24 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Biddiri · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**97%

Use banking services ****11%**

**30%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Biddiri?

■ Biddiri · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**951

Working population ****51.1%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 19.4% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 287 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (11%) · **■** Household industry 45 (4%) · **■** Other work 55 (5%) · **■** Marginal 570 (53%)

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 Bagmundi

- Sankupi2,569 people
- Chorda2,568 people
- Gagi2,441 people
- Hurumda2,406 people
- Kushaldi2,074 people
- Tunturi2,037 people
- Marcha2,002 people
- Kalimati1,961 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biddiri?2,110 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biddiri in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biddiri?38.7% (Census 2011)