Barju Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Barju is a medium size village located in Salbani Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 82 families residing. The Barju village has population of 395 of which 191 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barju village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 15.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barju village is 1068 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barju as per census is 1069, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barju village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barju village was 40.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barju Male literacy stands at 59.26 % while female literacy rate was 23.12 %.

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

Barju Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	82	-	-
Population	395	191	204
Child (0-6)	60	29	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	395	191	204
Literacy	40.60 %	59.26 %	23.12 %
Total Workers	235	114	121
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	212	94	118

Caste Factor

In Barju village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Barju village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barju village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Barju village out of total population, 235 were engaged in work activities. 9.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 235 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.