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Birra Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Birra is a medium size village located in Gangajalghati Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 252 families residing. The Birra village has population of 1101 of which 565 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birra village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 10.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birra village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Birra as per census is 900, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Birra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Birra village was 80.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Birra Male literacy stands at 88.71 % while female literacy rate was 71.16 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Birra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Birra village.

Birra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,101 565 536
Child (0-6) 114 60 54
Schedule Caste 198 98 100
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.14 % 88.71 % 71.16 %
Total Workers 380 306 74
Main Worker 101 - -
Marginal Worker 279 216 63

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.98 % of total population in Birra village. The village Birra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Birra village out of total population, 380 were engaged in work activities. 26.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 380 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.