# Birdang Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Birdang

Birdang is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 58 households**, the 86th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 313people (2011)
- 58households
- 43.5%literacy
- 1,032females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birdang

Of every 100 households in Birdang in 2011, 10 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birdang · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****2%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**26%

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 Birdang?

■ Birdang · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1032**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**969

Working population ****48.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.9% for men and 39.3% for women. 56% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 149 (97%)

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 Puncha

- Haridi348 people
- Raghunathpur328 people
- Mahuladanga327 people
- Baraghutu313 people
- Butgora309 people
- Chaklalpur291 people
- Pratappur266 people
- Anandabazar254 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birdang?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birdang in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birdang?43.5% (Census 2011)