# Bairjhari Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bairjhari

Bairjhari is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,184 people in 205 households**, the 70th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,184people (2011)
- 205households
- 65.1%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bairjhari

Of every 100 households in Bairjhari in 2011, 38 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bairjhari · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**79%

Tap water ****34%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**20%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**40%

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 Bairjhari?

■ Bairjhari · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1186**

**967

Working population ****36.6%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 55.6% for women. 52% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 79 (18%) · **■** Marginal 158 (36%)

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 Islampur

- Goalgachh1,440 people
- Nondola Rokhoa1,429 people
- Tarabari1,424 people
- Gadiatol1,327 people
- Baniani Kismat1,153 people
- Gobindapur1,110 people
- Girnabari1,097 people
- Benikandar Alias Satvita1,093 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bairjhari?1,184 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bairjhari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bairjhari?65.1% (Census 2011)