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Dakaitpuja Population - Katihar, Bihar

Dakaitpuja is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 165 families residing. The Dakaitpuja village has population of 720 of which 363 are males while 357 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakaitpuja village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 16.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakaitpuja village is 983 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakaitpuja as per census is 873, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dakaitpuja village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakaitpuja village was 70.10 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dakaitpuja Male literacy stands at 78.33 % while female literacy rate was 61.92 %.

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

Dakaitpuja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 165 - -
Population 720 363 357
Child (0-6) 118 63 55
Schedule Caste 30 14 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.10 % 78.33 % 61.92 %
Total Workers 221 195 26
Main Worker 216 - -
Marginal Worker 5 2 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.17 % of total population in Dakaitpuja village. The village Dakaitpuja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakaitpuja village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 97.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 125 were Agricultural labourer.