Barkenda is a village in Sainthia mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 920 across 214 households. It has a literacy rate of 55.8%. The village is located at coordinates 23.970°N, 87.680°E.
By population, Barkenda ranks #73 of 230 villages in Sainthia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkenda is a village of 920 people in 214 households (Census 2011) in Sainthia block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 73rd-largest of 230 villages in Sainthia block. Literacy is 56%, 8 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Birbhum district centre, 9 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 2 km from Sainthia Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731201, served by Ahmadpur post office; the LGD village code is 317225. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Kundala, 2 km away. The sarpanch is RINKU BITTAR, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 1,029 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Horisara →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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1 Temple, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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