Birjharia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Birjharia is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 92 families residing. The Birjharia village has population of 411 of which 200 are males while 211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birjharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 15.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birjharia village is 1055 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Birjharia as per census is 969, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Birjharia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Birjharia village was 80.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Birjharia Male literacy stands at 90.48 % while female literacy rate was 71.11 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Birjharia 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 Birjharia village.

Birjharia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	92	-	-
Population	411	200	211
Child (0-6)	63	32	31
Schedule Caste	159	76	83
Schedule Tribe	14	8	6
Literacy	80.46 %	90.48 %	71.11 %
Total Workers	181	118	63
Main Worker	18	-	-
Marginal Worker	163	105	58

Caste Factor

In Birjharia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.69 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.41 % of total population in Birjharia village.

Work Profile

In Birjharia village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 9.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.