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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Birgiri

Birgiri is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,208 people in 220 households**, the 56th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,208people (2011)
- 220households
- 64.4%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birgiri

Of every 100 households in Birgiri in 2011, 39 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birgiri · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**84%

Use banking services ****34%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Birgiri?

■ Birgiri · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**966

Working population ****39.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 48.6% for women. 51% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 197 (41%) · **■** Marginal 255 (53%)

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

- Sidpur1,299 people
- Dubrajpur1,284 people
- Pokharia1,228 people
- Dabar1,227 people
- Nadra1,166 people
- Biralgaria1,158 people
- Biltora1,142 people
- Senera Amra1,135 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birgiri?1,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birgiri in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birgiri?64.4% (Census 2011)