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Barnan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Barnan is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 617 families residing. The Barnan village has population of 2731 of which 1411 are males while 1320 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barnan village population of children with age 0-6 is 271 which makes up 9.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barnan village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barnan as per census is 1151, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barnan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barnan village was 89.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barnan Male literacy stands at 94.09 % while female literacy rate was 84.77 %.

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

Barnan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 617 - -
Population 2,731 1,411 1,320
Child (0-6) 271 126 145
Schedule Caste 299 148 151
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.63 % 94.09 % 84.77 %
Total Workers 863 797 66
Main Worker 750 - -
Marginal Worker 113 93 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.95 % of total population in Barnan village. The village Barnan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barnan village out of total population, 863 were engaged in work activities. 86.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 863 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 353 were Agricultural labourer.