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Barkalu Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Barkalu is a medium size village located in Tamluk Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 243 families residing. The Barkalu village has population of 1049 of which 524 are males while 525 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkalu village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 10.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkalu village is 1002 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkalu as per census is 1500, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkalu village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkalu village was 95.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkalu Male literacy stands at 98.54 % while female literacy rate was 91.72 %.

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

Barkalu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,049 524 525
Child (0-6) 110 44 66
Schedule Caste 9 3 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.21 % 98.54 % 91.72 %
Total Workers 428 349 79
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 73 12 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.86 % of total population in Barkalu village. The village Barkalu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barkalu village out of total population, 428 were engaged in work activities. 82.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 428 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 98 were Agricultural labourer.