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Barai Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Barai is a medium size village located in Garbeta - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 82 families residing. The Barai village has population of 473 of which 240 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barai village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 17.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barai village is 971 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barai as per census is 1158, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barai village was 77.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barai Male literacy stands at 87.62 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Barai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 473 240 233
Child (0-6) 82 38 44
Schedule Caste 112 57 55
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.49 % 87.62 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 141 139 2
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 10 10 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.68 % of total population in Barai village. The village Barai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barai village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 92.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.