# Saira Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Saira

Saira is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **916 people in 207 households**, the 31st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 916people (2011)
- 207households
- 67.1%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saira

Of every 100 households in Saira in 2011, 19 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saira · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Saira?

■ Saira · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1082**

**957

Working population ****57.6%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 48.3% for women. 64% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (18%) · **■** Other work 47 (9%) · **■** Marginal 346 (66%)

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 Bundwan

- Harada1,048 people
- Mirgichami1,040 people
- Kuilapal985 people
- Dhabani916 people
- Parbad878 people
- Jitan859 people
- Jharibad851 people
- Bahadurpur842 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saira?916 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saira in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saira?67.1% (Census 2011)