Barkhola Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Barkhola is a medium size village located in Debra Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 86 families residing. The Barkhola village has population of 388 of which 191 are males while 197 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkhola village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 12.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkhola village is 1031 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkhola as per census is 1130, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkhola village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkhola village was 67.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkhola Male literacy stands at 77.98 % while female literacy rate was 57.89 %.

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

Barkhola Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	86	-	-
Population	388	191	197
Child (0-6)	49	23	26
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	220	106	114
Literacy	67.85 %	77.98 %	57.89 %
Total Workers	231	124	107
Main Worker	21	-	-
Marginal Worker	210	111	99

Caste Factor

In Barkhola village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.70 % of total population in Barkhola village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barkhola village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Barkhola village out of total population, 231 were engaged in work activities. 9.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 231 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.