# Bahirkunji Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bahirkunji

Bahirkunji is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,666 people in 808 households**, the 8th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,666people (2011)
- 808households
- 72.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahirkunji

Of every 100 households in Bahirkunji in 2011, 72 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bahirkunji · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**44%

Tap water ****39%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**46%

Television ****36%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**26%

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 Bahirkunji?

■ Bahirkunji · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**981

Working population ****36.1%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 69.0% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (4%) · **■** Household industry 172 (13%) · **■** Other work 505 (38%) · **■** Marginal 579 (44%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Telari4,937 people
- Baratala4,595 people
- Muchisha4,023 people
- Gaja3,924 people
- Sahebanumedpur3,658 people
- Banaraypur3,272 people
- Kalinagar3,055 people
- Chak Etbari2,932 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahirkunji?3,666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahirkunji in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahirkunji?72.7% (Census 2011)