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Bara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Bara is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 282 families residing. The Bara village has population of 1193 of which 632 are males while 561 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bara village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 10.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bara village is 888 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bara as per census is 730, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bara village was 75.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bara Male literacy stands at 84.23 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Bara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,193 632 561
Child (0-6) 128 74 54
Schedule Caste 356 179 177
Schedule Tribe 375 206 169
Literacy 75.87 % 84.23 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 532 353 179
Main Worker 318 - -
Marginal Worker 214 57 157

Caste Factor

In Bara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 31.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 29.84 % of total population in Bara village.

Work Profile

In Bara village out of total population, 532 were engaged in work activities. 59.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 532 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.