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Barah Chandi Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Barah Chandi is a medium size village located in Chandipur Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Barah Chandi village has population of 715 of which 365 are males while 350 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barah Chandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 14.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barah Chandi village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Barah Chandi as per census is 962, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Barah Chandi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Barah Chandi village was 86.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Barah Chandi Male literacy stands at 93.59 % while female literacy rate was 78.93 %.

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

Barah Chandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 715 365 350
Child (0-6) 104 53 51
Schedule Caste 299 159 140
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.42 % 93.59 % 78.93 %
Total Workers 242 212 30
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 122 97 25

Caste Factor

In Barah Chandi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.82 % of total population in Barah Chandi village. The village Barah Chandi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barah Chandi village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 49.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.