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Barakar Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Barakar is a large village located in Silao Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 556 families residing. The Barakar village has population of 3513 of which 1827 are males while 1686 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barakar village population of children with age 0-6 is 548 which makes up 15.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barakar village is 923 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Barakar as per census is 845, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Barakar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Barakar village was 45.13 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Barakar Male literacy stands at 57.45 % while female literacy rate was 31.99 %.

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

Barakar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 556 - -
Population 3,513 1,827 1,686
Child (0-6) 548 297 251
Schedule Caste 1,102 564 538
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 45.13 % 57.45 % 31.99 %
Total Workers 1,154 782 372
Main Worker 823 - -
Marginal Worker 331 239 92

Caste Factor

Barakar village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.37 % of total population in Barakar village. The village Barakar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barakar village out of total population, 1154 were engaged in work activities. 71.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1154 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 609 were Agricultural labourer.