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Barakandha Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Barakandha is a medium size village located in Mahakalapada Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 337 families residing. The Barakandha village has population of 1741 of which 854 are males while 887 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barakandha village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 13.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barakandha village is 1039 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Barakandha as per census is 1045, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Barakandha village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Barakandha village was 78.24 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Barakandha Male literacy stands at 86.66 % while female literacy rate was 70.13 %.

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

Barakandha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,741 854 887
Child (0-6) 229 112 117
Schedule Caste 65 31 34
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.24 % 86.66 % 70.13 %
Total Workers 492 469 23
Main Worker 471 - -
Marginal Worker 21 17 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.73 % of total population in Barakandha village. The village Barakandha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barakandha village out of total population, 492 were engaged in work activities. 95.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 492 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.