Barihat Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Barihat is a medium size village located in Suri - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 59 families residing. The Barihat village has population of 254 of which 131 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barihat village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 10.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barihat village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barihat as per census is 688, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barihat village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barihat village was 78.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barihat Male literacy stands at 89.57 % while female literacy rate was 67.86 %.

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

Barihat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	59	-	-
Population	254	131	123
Child (0-6)	27	16	11
Schedule Caste	219	114	105
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.85 %	89.57 %	67.86 %
Total Workers	104	76	28
Main Worker	100	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	3	1

Caste Factor

In Barihat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 86.22 % of total population in Barihat village. The village Barihat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barihat village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 96.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.