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

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bidira

Bidira is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,462 people in 354 households**, the 39th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,462people (2011)
- 354households
- 80.4%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bidira

Of every 100 households in Bidira in 2011, 70 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bidira · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**44%

Tap water ****88%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****35%**

**46%

Television ****32%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bidira?

■ Bidira · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**981

Working population ****37.5%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 71.7% for women. 59% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (30%) · **■** Household industry 26 (5%) · **■** Other work 241 (44%) · **■** Marginal 71 (13%)

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

- Maheswarpur1,641 people
- Bhetkakhali1,519 people
- Kamra1,500 people
- Shubhi1,481 people
- Chak Paran1,424 people
- Deuli1,399 people
- Rania Gobindapur1,366 people
- Saheb Banbagicha1,314 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 Bidira?1,462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bidira in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bidira?80.4% (Census 2011)