Barkala Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Barkala is a medium size village located in Onda Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 174 families residing. The Barkala village has population of 863 of which 433 are males while 430 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkala village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 12.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkala village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkala as per census is 946, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkala village was 67.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkala Male literacy stands at 82.76 % while female literacy rate was 52.79 %.

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

Barkala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	174	-	-
Population	863	433	430
Child (0-6)	109	56	53
Schedule Caste	513	248	265
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.77 %	82.76 %	52.79 %
Total Workers	388	253	135
Main Worker	304	-	-
Marginal Worker	84	44	40

Caste Factor

In Barkala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.44 % of total population in Barkala village. The village Barkala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barkala village out of total population, 388 were engaged in work activities. 78.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 388 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.