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Bar Shankar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Bar Shankar is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 381 families residing. The Bar Shankar village has population of 1827 of which 930 are males while 897 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bar Shankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 11.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bar Shankar village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bar Shankar as per census is 990, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bar Shankar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bar Shankar village was 89.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bar Shankar Male literacy stands at 93.71 % while female literacy rate was 85.79 %.

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

Bar Shankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 381 - -
Population 1,827 930 897
Child (0-6) 205 103 102
Schedule Caste 388 204 184
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.83 % 93.71 % 85.79 %
Total Workers 861 575 286
Main Worker 323 - -
Marginal Worker 538 286 252

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.24 % of total population in Bar Shankar village. The village Bar Shankar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bar Shankar village out of total population, 861 were engaged in work activities. 37.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 861 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.