Barasahi Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Barasahi is a medium size village located in Sarangagarh Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 122 families residing. The Barasahi village has population of 437 of which 219 are males while 218 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barasahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 13.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barasahi village is 995 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Barasahi as per census is 1346, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Barasahi village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Barasahi village was 77.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Barasahi Male literacy stands at 93.78 % while female literacy rate was 60.11 %.

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

Barasahi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	122	-	-
Population	437	219	218
Child (0-6)	61	26	35
Schedule Caste	149	73	76
Schedule Tribe	206	97	109
Literacy	77.39 %	93.78 %	60.11 %
Total Workers	248	136	112
Main Worker	163	-	-
Marginal Worker	85	12	73

Caste Factor

In Barasahi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.14 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 34.10 % of total population in Barasahi village.

Work Profile

In Barasahi village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 65.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.