Barkona Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Barkona is a large village located in Saltora Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 564 families residing. The Barkona village has population of 2462 of which 1234 are males while 1228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 324 which makes up 13.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkona village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkona as per census is 1090, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkona village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkona village was 62.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkona Male literacy stands at 74.14 % while female literacy rate was 50.42 %.

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

Barkona Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	564	-	-
Population	2,462	1,234	1,228
Child (0-6)	324	155	169
Schedule Caste	909	434	475
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	62.39 %	74.14 %	50.42 %
Total Workers	991	702	289
Main Worker	610	-	-
Marginal Worker	381	211	170

Caste Factor

In Barkona village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.92 % of total population in Barkona village. The village Barkona currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barkona village out of total population, 991 were engaged in work activities. 61.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 991 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 175 were Agricultural labourer.