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Barakalajharia Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Barakalajharia is a medium size village located in Bankura - II Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 120 families residing. The Barakalajharia village has population of 503 of which 260 are males while 243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barakalajharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 15.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barakalajharia village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barakalajharia as per census is 646, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barakalajharia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barakalajharia village was 36.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barakalajharia Male literacy stands at 47.17 % while female literacy rate was 26.42 %.

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

Barakalajharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 503 260 243
Child (0-6) 79 48 31
Schedule Caste 357 180 177
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 36.79 % 47.17 % 26.42 %
Total Workers 240 152 88
Main Worker 177 - -
Marginal Worker 63 32 31

Caste Factor

In Barakalajharia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 70.97 % of total population in Barakalajharia village. The village Barakalajharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barakalajharia village out of total population, 240 were engaged in work activities. 73.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 240 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.