Barani Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Barani is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 139 families residing. The Barani village has population of 716 of which 362 are males while 354 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barani village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 12.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barani village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barani as per census is 878, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barani village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barani village was 89.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barani Male literacy stands at 94.25 % while female literacy rate was 84.24 %.

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

Barani Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	139	-	-
Population	716	362	354
Child (0-6)	92	49	43
Schedule Caste	356	183	173
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	89.26 %	94.25 %	84.24 %
Total Workers	418	224	194
Main Worker	196	-	-
Marginal Worker	222	41	181

Caste Factor

In Barani village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.72 % of total population in Barani village. The village Barani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barani village out of total population, 418 were engaged in work activities. 46.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 418 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.