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Barkuri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Barkuri is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 100 families residing. The Barkuri village has population of 524 of which 278 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 9.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkuri village is 885 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkuri as per census is 793, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkuri village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkuri village was 82.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkuri Male literacy stands at 88.76 % while female literacy rate was 75.34 %.

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

Barkuri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 524 278 246
Child (0-6) 52 29 23
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.42 % 88.76 % 75.34 %
Total Workers 152 146 6
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 96 95 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.95 % of total population in Barkuri village. The village Barkuri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barkuri village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 36.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.