Birkicha Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Birkicha is a medium size village located in Bolpur Sriniketan Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 215 families residing. The Birkicha village has population of 872 of which 439 are males while 433 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birkicha village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 10.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birkicha village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Birkicha as per census is 759, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Birkicha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Birkicha village was 74.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Birkicha Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 68.88 %.

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

Birkicha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	215	-	-
Population	872	439	433
Child (0-6)	95	54	41
Schedule Caste	527	267	260
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.39 %	80.00 %	68.88 %
Total Workers	439	287	152
Main Worker	33	-	-
Marginal Worker	406	264	142

Caste Factor

In Birkicha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.44 % of total population in Birkicha village. The village Birkicha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Birkicha village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 7.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.