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

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Sirka

Sirka is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,072 people in 211 households**, the 26th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 1,072people (2011)
- 211households
- 58.2%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sirka

Of every 100 households in Sirka in 2011, 51 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sirka · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**95%

Tap water ****9%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****2%**

**20%

Television ****1%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**27%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Sirka?

■ Sirka · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.2%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**957

Working population ****53.1%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 41.9% for women. 59% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 317 (56%) · **■** Household industry 47 (8%) · **■** Other work 77 (14%) · **■** Marginal 74 (13%)

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

- Baratalpat1,152 people
- Madhupur1,133 people
- Barakaram1,120 people
- Chirugora1,120 people
- Harada1,048 people
- Mirgichami1,040 people
- Kuilapal985 people
- Dhabani916 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sirka?1,072 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirka in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sirka?58.2% (Census 2011)