Barikhal Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Barikhal is a medium size village located in Chandrapur Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 57 families residing. The Barikhal village has population of 289 of which 149 are males while 140 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barikhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 17.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barikhal village is 940 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Barikhal as per census is 1167, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Barikhal village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Barikhal village was 46.41 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Barikhal Male literacy stands at 60.80 % while female literacy rate was 30.36 %.

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

Barikhal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	57	-	-
Population	289	149	140
Child (0-6)	52	24	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	289	149	140
Literacy	46.41 %	60.80 %	30.36 %
Total Workers	91	89	2
Main Worker	71	-	-
Marginal Worker	20	19	1

Caste Factor

In Barikhal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Barikhal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barikhal village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Barikhal village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 78.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.