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Barkum Population - Champawat, Uttarakhand

Barkum is a medium size village located in Champawat Tehsil of Champawat district, Uttarakhand with total 44 families residing. The Barkum village has population of 231 of which 117 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkum village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 21.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkum village is 974 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkum as per census is 724, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Barkum village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkum village was 71.27 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Barkum Male literacy stands at 82.95 % while female literacy rate was 60.22 %.

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

Barkum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 231 117 114
Child (0-6) 50 29 21
Schedule Caste 118 67 51
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.27 % 82.95 % 60.22 %
Total Workers 111 55 56
Main Worker 16 - -
Marginal Worker 95 44 51

Caste Factor

In Barkum village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.08 % of total population in Barkum village. The village Barkum currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barkum village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 14.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.