# Birpara Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Birpara

Birpara is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **979 people in 219 households**, the 69th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 979people (2011)
- 219households
- 78.1%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birpara

Of every 100 households in Birpara in 2011, 44 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birpara · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****4%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Birpara?

■ Birpara · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**937

Working population ****36.3%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 74.2% for women. 65% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (24%) · **■** Other work 130 (37%) · **■** Marginal 132 (37%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Bangla1,049 people
- Gandabaria1,047 people
- Kalia1,023 people
- Singhalganja Abad983 people
- Cheora963 people
- Gagankalia937 people
- Barada932 people
- Kankjal Purba931 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birpara?979 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birpara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birpara?78.1% (Census 2011)