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Barika Population - Gaya, Bihar

Barika is a medium size village located in Atri Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 142 families residing. The Barika village has population of 1116 of which 555 are males while 561 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barika village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 13.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barika village is 1011 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Barika as per census is 1155, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Barika village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Barika village was 78.71 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Barika Male literacy stands at 83.47 % while female literacy rate was 73.90 %.

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

Barika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 1,116 555 561
Child (0-6) 153 71 82
Schedule Caste 289 139 150
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.71 % 83.47 % 73.90 %
Total Workers 236 210 26
Main Worker 148 - -
Marginal Worker 88 73 15

Caste Factor

Barika village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.90 % of total population in Barika village. The village Barika currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barika village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 62.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.