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Dakshin Barhat Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dakshin Barhat is a medium size village located in Panskura Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 283 families residing. The Dakshin Barhat village has population of 1304 of which 683 are males while 621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakshin Barhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakshin Barhat village is 909 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakshin Barhat as per census is 766, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakshin Barhat village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakshin Barhat village was 90.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakshin Barhat Male literacy stands at 94.39 % while female literacy rate was 85.59 %.

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

Dakshin Barhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,304 683 621
Child (0-6) 136 77 59
Schedule Caste 73 40 33
Schedule Tribe 21 9 12
Literacy 90.15 % 94.39 % 85.59 %
Total Workers 632 439 193
Main Worker 380 - -
Marginal Worker 252 127 125

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.61 % of total population in Dakshin Barhat village.

Work Profile

In Dakshin Barhat village out of total population, 632 were engaged in work activities. 60.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 632 workers engaged in Main Work, 210 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.