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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Buribir

Buribir is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **748 people in 149 households**, the 70th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 748people (2011)
- 149households
- 67.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buribir

Of every 100 households in Buribir in 2011, 40 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Buribir · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****5%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**39%

Television ****20%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Buribir?

■ Buribir · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**946

Working population ****25.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 54.9% for women. 48% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 25 (13%) · **■** Marginal 166 (87%)

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

- Merend759 people
- Magha758 people
- Jojuhatu754 people
- Kiribera752 people
- Uhupiri738 people
- Raidi737 people
- Chhota Phuhara731 people
- Gopalpur726 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buribir?748 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buribir in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buribir?67.2% (Census 2011)