# Birudi Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Birudi

Birudi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,230 people in 416 households**, the 9th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 2,230people (2011)
- 416households
- 66.4%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birudi

Of every 100 households in Birudi in 2011, 42 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Birudi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**39%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

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 Birudi?

■ Birudi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**946

Working population ****58.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 47.9% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 314 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (5%) · **■** Household industry 624 (48%) · **■** Other work 112 (9%) · **■** Marginal 185 (14%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Masina2,724 people
- Kalma2,536 people
- Pusti2,374 people
- Ghutia2,280 people
- Hesla2,130 people
- Kusi1,998 people
- Khamar1,799 people
- Garia1,726 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birudi?2,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birudi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birudi?66.4% (Census 2011)