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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Bisiria

Bisiria is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **919 people in 203 households**, the 48th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 919people (2011)
- 203households
- 61.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bisiria

Of every 100 households in Bisiria in 2011, 54 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bisiria · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**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 Bisiria?

■ Bisiria · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**946

Working population ****39.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 44.5% for women. 53% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 86 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (4%) · **■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 237 (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 Jhalda - I

- Ona966 people
- Mahatamara963 people
- Karmadi959 people
- Kansra936 people
- Durgi917 people
- Turdag912 people
- Tanasi903 people
- Madhupur902 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bisiria?919 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bisiria in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bisiria?61.0% (Census 2011)