Barai Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Barai is a medium size village located in Pingla Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 158 families residing. The Barai village has population of 634 of which 318 are males while 316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barai village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 9.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barai village is 994 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barai as per census is 1269, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barai village was 72.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barai Male literacy stands at 80.82 % while female literacy rate was 63.96 %.

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	158	-	-
Population	634	318	316
Child (0-6)	59	26	33
Schedule Caste	87	40	47
Schedule Tribe	227	116	111
Literacy	72.52 %	80.82 %	63.96 %
Total Workers	341	204	137
Main Worker	305	-	-
Marginal Worker	36	7	29

Caste Factor

In Barai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.80 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.72 % of total population in Barai village.

Work Profile

In Barai village out of total population, 341 were engaged in work activities. 89.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 341 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.