# Birnagar Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Birnagar

Birnagar is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,957 people in 411 households**, the 49th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,957people (2011)
- 411households
- 55.1%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birnagar

Of every 100 households in Birnagar in 2011, 44 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birnagar · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****76%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Birnagar?

■ Birnagar · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**955

Working population ****34.5%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 54.1% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 138 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 448 (66%) · **■** Other work 9 (1%) · **■** Marginal 81 (12%)

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 Itahar

- Mukundapur2,050 people
- Nandangaon2,046 people
- Chhayghara2,001 people
- Porsha1,997 people
- Sonapur1,935 people
- Mahashunda1,891 people
- Behati1,852 people
- Sandia1,828 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birnagar?1,957 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birnagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birnagar?55.1% (Census 2011)