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Barra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Barra is a large village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 632 families residing. The Barra village has population of 3302 of which 1685 are males while 1617 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barra village population of children with age 0-6 is 444 which makes up 13.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barra village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barra as per census is 1009, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barra village was 62.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barra Male literacy stands at 75.75 % while female literacy rate was 48.78 %.

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

Barra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 632 - -
Population 3,302 1,685 1,617
Child (0-6) 444 221 223
Schedule Caste 1,290 644 646
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.60 % 75.75 % 48.78 %
Total Workers 1,257 960 297
Main Worker 632 - -
Marginal Worker 625 411 214

Caste Factor

In Barra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.07 % of total population in Barra village. The village Barra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barra village out of total population, 1257 were engaged in work activities. 50.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1257 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.