# Birajnagar Village, Gosaba – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Birajnagar

Birajnagar is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,328 people in 1,280 households**, the 18th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 5,328people (2011)
- 1,280households
- 73.9%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birajnagar

Of every 100 households in Birajnagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Birajnagar · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

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

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****39%**

**35%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**51%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Birajnagar?

■ Birajnagar · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**981

Working population ****37.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 64.7% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 770 (39%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 194 (10%) · **■** Marginal 822 (41%)

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 Gosaba

- Amtali5,660 people
- Chandipur5,456 people
- Puinjali5,455 people
- Gosaba5,369 people
- Kachu Khali5,176 people
- Dayapur4,972 people
- Harishpur4,878 people
- Radhanagar Purba4,583 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birajnagar?5,328 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birajnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birajnagar?73.9% (Census 2011)