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Barkura Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Barkura is a medium size village located in Barjora Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 282 families residing. The Barkura village has population of 1190 of which 612 are males while 578 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkura village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 9.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkura village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkura as per census is 1071, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkura village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkura village was 69.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkura Male literacy stands at 78.06 % while female literacy rate was 60.42 %.

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

Barkura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,190 612 578
Child (0-6) 116 56 60
Schedule Caste 620 325 295
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.55 % 78.06 % 60.42 %
Total Workers 748 458 290
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 488 218 270

Caste Factor

In Barkura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.10 % of total population in Barkura village. The village Barkura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barkura village out of total population, 748 were engaged in work activities. 34.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 748 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.