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Baharda Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Baharda is a medium size village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 379 families residing. The Baharda village has population of 1591 of which 816 are males while 775 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baharda village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 10.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baharda village is 950 which is equal than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Baharda as per census is 747, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Baharda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Baharda village was 79.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Baharda Male literacy stands at 88.28 % while female literacy rate was 71.33 %.

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

Baharda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,591 816 775
Child (0-6) 173 99 74
Schedule Caste 18 11 7
Schedule Tribe 243 120 123
Literacy 79.90 % 88.28 % 71.33 %
Total Workers 573 501 72
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 188 166 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.13 % of total population in Baharda village.

Work Profile

In Baharda village out of total population, 573 were engaged in work activities. 67.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 573 workers engaged in Main Work, 272 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.