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Barkai Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Barkai is a medium size village located in Makdi Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 434 families residing. The Barkai village has population of 1901 of which 938 are males while 963 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkai village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 11.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkai village is 1027 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkai as per census is 1214, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Barkai village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkai village was 64.96 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Barkai Male literacy stands at 74.05 % while female literacy rate was 55.92 %.

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

Barkai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 434 - -
Population 1,901 938 963
Child (0-6) 217 98 119
Schedule Caste 196 100 96
Schedule Tribe 774 371 403
Literacy 64.96 % 74.05 % 55.92 %
Total Workers 1,130 567 563
Main Worker 1,006 - -
Marginal Worker 124 59 65

Caste Factor

In Barkai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.72 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.31 % of total population in Barkai village.

Work Profile

In Barkai village out of total population, 1130 were engaged in work activities. 89.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1130 workers engaged in Main Work, 765 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.