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Barua Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Barua is a medium size village located in Karandighi Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 257 families residing. The Barua village has population of 1613 of which 821 are males while 792 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barua village population of children with age 0-6 is 373 which makes up 23.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barua village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barua as per census is 913, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barua village was 61.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barua Male literacy stands at 71.73 % while female literacy rate was 50.81 %.

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

Barua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,613 821 792
Child (0-6) 373 195 178
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 63 33 30
Literacy 61.37 % 71.73 % 50.81 %
Total Workers 664 367 297
Main Worker 546 - -
Marginal Worker 118 31 87

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.91 % of total population in Barua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barua village of Uttar Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Barua village out of total population, 664 were engaged in work activities. 82.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 664 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.