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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Birori is a village in Murarai - II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. The village has a population of 981 across 197 households and a literacy rate of 46.8%. It is located at coordinates 23.733°N, 87.430°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAKIBA KHATUN
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- LGD code
- 316146
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population
- 981
- Households
- 197
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 321
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 82 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 161 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1155 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dubrajpur · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dubrajpur Rural Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Birori compares
By population, Birori ranks #59 of 71 villages in Murarai - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.8%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Birori
- 46.8%
- Murarai - II mandal
- 49.1%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
−1 vs mandal average
- Birori
- 966
- Murarai - II mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Birori
- 5.0
- Murarai - II mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birori at a glance
Birori is a village of 981 people in 197 households (Census 2011) in Murarai - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 59th-largest of 71 villages in Murarai - II block. Literacy is 47%, 2 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Birbhum district centre, 20 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 9 km from Dubrajpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731221, served by Paikar post office; the LGD village code is 316146. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dubrajpur Rural Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is RAKIBA KHATUN, and the village votes in Hansan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk). The population is estimated at 1,157 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Birori
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 233.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 195.42
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Birori
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Birori
- LGD code
- 316146
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 981
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,157
- Households
- 197
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.73326°N, 87.42971°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hansan
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAKIBA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Murarai - II
Getting there
How to reach Birori
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata161 kmcapital
- Delhi1155 km
- Hyderabad1168 km
- Chennai1404 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDubrajpur9 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর8 km
- Hospital / PHCDubrajpur Rural Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank22 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump22 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology and Management23 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post21 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731221
- MitrapurMurarai - II mandal15,452 pop
- PaikarMurarai - II mandal12,250 pop
- RudranagarMurarai - II mandal10,756 pop
- KathiaMurarai - II mandal8,465 pop
- JijigramMurarai - II mandal6,977 pop
- DanturaMurarai - II mandal6,870 pop
- MakhlispurMurarai - II mandal6,373 pop
- Math BasoriMurarai - II mandal6,343 pop
- AmdolMurarai - II mandal5,976 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)