Barkai Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Barkai is a medium size village located in Narharpur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 249 families residing. The Barkai village has population of 992 of which 472 are males while 520 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkai village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 13.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkai village is 1102 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkai as per census is 1016, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Barkai village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkai village was 68.48 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Barkai Male literacy stands at 77.94 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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

Barkai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	249	-	-
Population	992	472	520
Child (0-6)	129	64	65
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	501	242	259
Literacy	68.48 %	77.94 %	60.00 %
Total Workers	550	291	259
Main Worker	268	-	-
Marginal Worker	282	135	147

Caste Factor

In Barkai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.50 % of total population in Barkai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barkai village of Kanker.

Work Profile

In Barkai village out of total population, 550 were engaged in work activities. 48.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 550 workers engaged in Main Work, 208 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.