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Dekahi Population - Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh

Dekahi is a large village located in Maharajganj Tehsil of Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh with total 343 families residing. The Dekahi village has population of 2047 of which 1055 are males while 992 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dekahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 293 which makes up 14.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dekahi village is 940 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Dekahi as per census is 1007, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Dekahi village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dekahi village was 71.21 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Dekahi Male literacy stands at 85.92 % while female literacy rate was 55.38 %.

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

Dekahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 343 - -
Population 2,047 1,055 992
Child (0-6) 293 146 147
Schedule Caste 140 80 60
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.21 % 85.92 % 55.38 %
Total Workers 964 560 404
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 840 450 390

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.84 % of total population in Dekahi village. The village Dekahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dekahi village out of total population, 964 were engaged in work activities. 12.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 964 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.