Barachatra Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Barachatra is a medium size village located in Sonamukhi Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 158 families residing. The Barachatra village has population of 687 of which 342 are males while 345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barachatra village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 11.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barachatra village is 1009 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barachatra as per census is 1452, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barachatra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barachatra village was 58.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barachatra Male literacy stands at 65.59 % while female literacy rate was 51.67 %.

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

Barachatra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	158	-	-
Population	687	342	345
Child (0-6)	76	31	45
Schedule Caste	449	226	223
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.76 %	65.59 %	51.67 %
Total Workers	281	201	80
Main Worker	238	-	-
Marginal Worker	43	17	26

Caste Factor

In Barachatra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.36 % of total population in Barachatra village. The village Barachatra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barachatra village out of total population, 281 were engaged in work activities. 84.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 281 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 142 were Agricultural labourer.