# Barkenda Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Barkenda

Barkenda is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **920 people in 214 households**, the 73rd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 920people (2011)
- 214households
- 63.9%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkenda

Of every 100 households in Barkenda in 2011, 10 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barkenda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****65%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****28%**

**57%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**33%

Own their home ****88%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Barkenda?

■ Barkenda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****696**

**961

Working population ****60.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 54.5% for women. 60% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (39%) · **■** Household industry 48 (9%) · **■** Other work 56 (10%) · **■** Marginal 188 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sainthia

- Uttar Gobindapur954 people
- Kanduri941 people
- Panrui923 people
- Melanpur922 people
- Uttar Khayerbuni918 people
- Dhabajal894 people
- Nirisha858 people
- Matipur851 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkenda?920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkenda in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkenda?63.9% (Census 2011)