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Barhara Shankar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Barhara Shankar is a medium size village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 315 families residing. The Barhara Shankar village has population of 1444 of which 746 are males while 698 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barhara Shankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 9.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barhara Shankar village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barhara Shankar as per census is 805, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barhara Shankar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barhara Shankar village was 86.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barhara Shankar Male literacy stands at 95.67 % while female literacy rate was 77.20 %.

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

Barhara Shankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 315 - -
Population 1,444 746 698
Child (0-6) 139 77 62
Schedule Caste 80 39 41
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.67 % 95.67 % 77.20 %
Total Workers 583 421 162
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 499 343 156

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.54 % of total population in Barhara Shankar village. The village Barhara Shankar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barhara Shankar village out of total population, 583 were engaged in work activities. 14.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 583 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.