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Barkadam Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Barkadam is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 222 families residing. The Barkadam village has population of 1059 of which 544 are males while 515 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkadam village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 11.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkadam village is 947 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkadam as per census is 918, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkadam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkadam village was 62.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkadam Male literacy stands at 75.98 % while female literacy rate was 48.58 %.

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

Barkadam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,059 544 515
Child (0-6) 117 61 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 769 391 378
Literacy 62.63 % 75.98 % 48.58 %
Total Workers 468 299 169
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 113 44 69

Caste Factor

In Barkadam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.62 % of total population in Barkadam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barkadam village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Barkadam village out of total population, 468 were engaged in work activities. 75.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 468 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 201 were Agricultural labourer.