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Barkhoskana Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Barkhoskana is a medium size village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 181 families residing. The Barkhoskana village has population of 863 of which 449 are males while 414 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkhoskana village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 14.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkhoskana village is 922 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkhoskana as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barkhoskana village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkhoskana village was 80.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barkhoskana Male literacy stands at 86.81 % while female literacy rate was 74.17 %.

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

Barkhoskana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 181 - -
Population 863 449 414
Child (0-6) 124 70 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.65 % 86.81 % 74.17 %
Total Workers 273 234 39
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 13 7 6

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Barkhoskana village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Barkhoskana village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 95.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.