District of West Bengal
Birbhum: 35 lakh people, one story
- People
- 35,02,404
- Area
- 4,545 km²
- Literacy
- 70.68%
- Sex ratio
- 956
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BirbhumWest Bengal
The history, places and schemes of Birbhum are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.
Birbhum in 8 numbers
Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts
Population35 lakh#14/19 in West Bengal
Area4,545 km²#9/19 in West Bengal
Population density771 per km²#13/19 in West Bengal▼ state 1,028
Sex ratio956 females per 1000 males#7/19 in West Bengal▲ state 950
Child sex ratio (0–6)959 girls per 1000 boys#6/19 in West Bengal▲ state 956
Literacy rate70.68%#14/19 in West Bengal▼ state 76.26
Female literacy64.14%#14/19 in West Bengal▼ state 70.54
Urban population12.8%#13/19 in West Bengal▼ state 31.9
People & society
70.7% can read. 956 women for every 1000 men.
Society in numbers (%)
Gender literacy gap: 12.8 percentage points
People by religion
- Hindu 62.3%
- Muslim 37.1%
- Christian 0.3%
- Other / not stated 0.3%
Sectors at a glance
63 of every 100 workers live off the land
How people earn a living
13.3 lakh workers, 38.0% of all people
This district
West Bengal
- Cultivators 17.1%
- Farm labourers 45.9%
- Household industry 4.9%
- Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 32.1%
Schemes & development
Only 35% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.
What homes had in 2011 (% of households)
This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.
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Sources
- Census of India 2011: A-01 (area, households), Primary Census Abstract and Houselisting tables, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner
- District boundaries: DataMeet India, Census 2011 districts (CC BY 2.5 IN)
Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.