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Barkani Population - Balangir, Orissa

Barkani is a medium size village located in Sindhekela Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 284 families residing. The Barkani village has population of 1034 of which 525 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkani village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 15.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkani village is 970 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkani as per census is 894, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Barkani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkani village was 54.18 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Barkani Male literacy stands at 70.68 % while female literacy rate was 37.41 %.

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

Barkani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,034 525 509
Child (0-6) 161 85 76
Schedule Caste 92 44 48
Schedule Tribe 91 50 41
Literacy 54.18 % 70.68 % 37.41 %
Total Workers 477 305 172
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 304 182 122

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.80 % of total population in Barkani village.

Work Profile

In Barkani village out of total population, 477 were engaged in work activities. 36.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 477 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.