# Biralgaria Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Biralgaria

Biralgaria is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,158 people in 236 households**, the 58th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,158people (2011)
- 236households
- 53.4%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biralgaria

Of every 100 households in Biralgaria in 2011, 27 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biralgaria · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**84%

Use banking services ****43%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Biralgaria?

■ Biralgaria · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**966

Working population ****51.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 36.6% for women. 58% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 28 (5%) · **■** Marginal 535 (91%)

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 - II

- Pokharia1,228 people
- Dabar1,227 people
- Birgiri1,208 people
- Nadra1,166 people
- Biltora1,142 people
- Senera Amra1,135 people
- Dakhinbahal1,109 people
- Dhurahi1,108 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biralgaria?1,158 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biralgaria in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biralgaria?53.4% (Census 2011)