Birkanar Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Birkanar is a medium size village located in Binpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 34 families residing. The Birkanar village has population of 200 of which 105 are males while 95 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birkanar village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 11.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birkanar village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Birkanar as per census is 917, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Birkanar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Birkanar village was 68.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Birkanar Male literacy stands at 79.57 % while female literacy rate was 57.14 %.

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

Birkanar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	200	105	95
Child (0-6)	23	12	11
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	140	75	65
Literacy	68.93 %	79.57 %	57.14 %
Total Workers	53	49	4
Main Worker	49	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	4	0

Caste Factor

In Birkanar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.00 % of total population in Birkanar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Birkanar village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Birkanar village out of total population, 53 were engaged in work activities. 92.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 53 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.