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Purba Barkola Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Purba Barkola is a medium size village located in Khoyrasol Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 344 families residing. The Purba Barkola village has population of 1412 of which 725 are males while 687 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purba Barkola village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 14.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purba Barkola village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purba Barkola as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purba Barkola village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purba Barkola village was 53.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purba Barkola Male literacy stands at 63.10 % while female literacy rate was 43.54 %.

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

Purba Barkola Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 344 - -
Population 1,412 725 687
Child (0-6) 198 99 99
Schedule Caste 1,109 572 537
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.62 % 63.10 % 43.54 %
Total Workers 454 418 36
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 186 180 6

Caste Factor

In Purba Barkola village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.54 % of total population in Purba Barkola village. The village Purba Barkola currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purba Barkola village out of total population, 454 were engaged in work activities. 59.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 454 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 174 were Agricultural labourer.