# Birjidi Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Birjidi

Birjidi is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,025 people in 220 households**, the 48th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,025people (2011)
- 220households
- 74.5%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birjidi

Of every 100 households in Birjidi in 2011, 54 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Birjidi · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****75%**

**31%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Birjidi?

■ Birjidi · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**939

Working population ****54.2%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 60.5% for women. 52% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 49 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (10%) · **■** Other work 28 (5%) · **■** Marginal 422 (76%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Janra1,058 people
- Palmi1,039 people
- Nadiha1,034 people
- Keshargaria1,032 people
- Ramnagar1,003 people
- Kaparra976 people
- Kelyardi949 people
- Bagaldhara936 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birjidi?1,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birjidi in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birjidi?74.5% (Census 2011)