Barfia Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Barfia is a medium size village located in Chakradharpur Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 269 families residing. The Barfia village has population of 1286 of which 642 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barfia village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 16.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barfia village is 1003 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Barfia as per census is 891, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Barfia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Barfia village was 61.04 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Barfia Male literacy stands at 79.89 % while female literacy rate was 42.67 %.

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

Barfia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	269	-	-
Population	1,286	642	644
Child (0-6)	208	110	98
Schedule Caste	146	72	74
Schedule Tribe	649	324	325
Literacy	61.04 %	79.89 %	42.67 %
Total Workers	504	304	200
Main Worker	395	-	-
Marginal Worker	109	30	79

Caste Factor

In Barfia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.47 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.35 % of total population in Barfia village.

Work Profile

In Barfia village out of total population, 504 were engaged in work activities. 78.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 504 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 192 were Agricultural labourer.