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Barahat Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Barahat is a large village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 670 families residing. The Barahat village has population of 2781 of which 1455 are males while 1326 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barahat village population of children with age 0-6 is 288 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barahat village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barahat as per census is 767, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Barahat village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barahat village was 90.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barahat Male literacy stands at 95.74 % while female literacy rate was 84.68 %.

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

Barahat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 670 - -
Population 2,781 1,455 1,326
Child (0-6) 288 163 125
Schedule Caste 24 14 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.41 % 95.74 % 84.68 %
Total Workers 1,224 893 331
Main Worker 496 - -
Marginal Worker 728 421 307

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.86 % of total population in Barahat village. The village Barahat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barahat village out of total population, 1224 were engaged in work activities. 40.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1224 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.