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Barhans Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Barhans is a large village located in Karandighi Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 447 families residing. The Barhans village has population of 2542 of which 1277 are males while 1265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barhans village population of children with age 0-6 is 505 which makes up 19.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barhans village is 991 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barhans as per census is 857, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barhans village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barhans village was 55.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barhans Male literacy stands at 61.69 % while female literacy rate was 50.39 %.

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

Barhans Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 447 - -
Population 2,542 1,277 1,265
Child (0-6) 505 272 233
Schedule Caste 35 18 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.96 % 61.69 % 50.39 %
Total Workers 972 578 394
Main Worker 689 - -
Marginal Worker 283 169 114

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.38 % of total population in Barhans village. The village Barhans currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barhans village out of total population, 972 were engaged in work activities. 70.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 972 workers engaged in Main Work, 212 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.