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Baruan Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Baruan is a medium size village located in Bhuban Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 290 families residing. The Baruan village has population of 1323 of which 669 are males while 654 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baruan village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 9.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baruan village is 978 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Baruan as per census is 803, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Baruan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Baruan village was 92.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Baruan Male literacy stands at 96.32 % while female literacy rate was 87.94 %.

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

Baruan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,323 669 654
Child (0-6) 128 71 57
Schedule Caste 326 147 179
Schedule Tribe 5 3 2
Literacy 92.13 % 96.32 % 87.94 %
Total Workers 400 378 22
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 45 41 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.38 % of total population in Baruan village.

Work Profile

In Baruan village out of total population, 400 were engaged in work activities. 88.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 400 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.