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Barasahapur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Barasahapur is a medium size village located in Mohanpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 345 families residing. The Barasahapur village has population of 1875 of which 995 are males while 880 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barasahapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 363 which makes up 19.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barasahapur village is 884 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barasahapur as per census is 762, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barasahapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barasahapur village was 65.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barasahapur Male literacy stands at 71.99 % while female literacy rate was 57.40 %.

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

Barasahapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 345 - -
Population 1,875 995 880
Child (0-6) 363 206 157
Schedule Caste 59 36 23
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.01 % 71.99 % 57.40 %
Total Workers 520 507 13
Main Worker 365 - -
Marginal Worker 155 149 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.15 % of total population in Barasahapur village. The village Barasahapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barasahapur village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 70.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 276 were Agricultural labourer.