# Burihan Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Burihan

Burihan is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,670 people in 591 households**, the 23rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,670people (2011)
- 591households
- 34.1%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Burihan

Of every 100 households in Burihan in 2011, 12 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Burihan · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**28%

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 Burihan?

■ Burihan · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**943

Working population ****42.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 35.5% for men and 32.7% for women. 45% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 272 (17%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 98 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,050 (67%)

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 Karandighi

- Machhali3,810 people
- Dighalgaon3,780 people
- Palsa3,769 people
- Dakshin Betauna3,730 people
- Nakol3,669 people
- Bhikhanpur3,568 people
- Pargaon3,523 people
- Bikaur3,473 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Burihan?3,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Burihan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Burihan?34.1% (Census 2011)