# Buridi Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Buridi

Buridi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,099 people in 201 households**, the 50th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,099people (2011)
- 201households
- 58.5%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buridi

Of every 100 households in Buridi in 2011, 23 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Buridi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****5%**

**44%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**22%

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 Buridi?

■ Buridi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**934

Working population ****39.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 36.3% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 101 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 175 (41%) · **■** Marginal 148 (34%)

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 Purulia - I

- Amchuria1,151 people
- Kanali1,129 people
- Ketuabera1,121 people
- Patamputra1,110 people
- Amandi1,058 people
- Gondhudi1,030 people
- Dumarsol1,027 people
- Shyamdasdi Alias Shyampur1,024 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buridi?1,099 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buridi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buridi?58.5% (Census 2011)