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Barkol Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Barkol is a medium size village located in Lundra Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 282 families residing. The Barkol village has population of 1233 of which 631 are males while 602 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkol village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 14.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkol village is 954 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkol as per census is 925, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Barkol village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkol village was 46.11 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Barkol Male literacy stands at 53.35 % while female literacy rate was 38.57 %.

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

Barkol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,233 631 602
Child (0-6) 179 93 86
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 847 426 421
Literacy 46.11 % 53.35 % 38.57 %
Total Workers 542 309 233
Main Worker 264 - -
Marginal Worker 278 67 211

Caste Factor

In Barkol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.69 % of total population in Barkol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barkol village of Surguja.

Work Profile

In Barkol village out of total population, 542 were engaged in work activities. 48.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 542 workers engaged in Main Work, 239 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.