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Barai Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Barai is a medium size village located in Raiganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 254 families residing. The Barai village has population of 1242 of which 651 are males while 591 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barai village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 18.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barai village is 908 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barai as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barai village was 55.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barai Male literacy stands at 61.99 % while female literacy rate was 48.31 %.

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

Barai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,242 651 591
Child (0-6) 234 117 117
Schedule Caste 195 100 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.56 % 61.99 % 48.31 %
Total Workers 399 344 55
Main Worker 325 - -
Marginal Worker 74 44 30

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.70 % of total population in Barai village. The village Barai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barai village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 81.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.