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Barkani Population - Balangir, Orissa

Barkani is a medium size village located in Sindhekela Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 158 families residing. The Barkani village has population of 631 of which 322 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkani village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 15.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkani village is 960 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkani as per census is 782, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Barkani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkani village was 40.90 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Barkani Male literacy stands at 57.30 % while female literacy rate was 24.44 %.

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 158 - -
Population 631 322 309
Child (0-6) 98 55 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 603 308 295
Literacy 40.90 % 57.30 % 24.44 %
Total Workers 493 250 243
Main Worker 194 - -
Marginal Worker 299 105 194

Caste Factor

In Barkani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.56 % of total population in Barkani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barkani village of Balangir.

Work Profile

In Barkani village out of total population, 493 were engaged in work activities. 39.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 493 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.