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Dehata Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Dehata is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 195 families residing. The Dehata village has population of 1005 of which 532 are males while 473 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dehata village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 14.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dehata village is 889 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dehata as per census is 775, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dehata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dehata village was 60.72 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dehata Male literacy stands at 72.12 % while female literacy rate was 48.18 %.

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

Dehata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 1,005 532 473
Child (0-6) 142 80 62
Schedule Caste 905 480 425
Schedule Tribe 7 3 4
Literacy 60.72 % 72.12 % 48.18 %
Total Workers 447 281 166
Main Worker 397 - -
Marginal Worker 50 30 20

Caste Factor

In Dehata village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.70 % of total population in Dehata village.

Work Profile

In Dehata village out of total population, 447 were engaged in work activities. 88.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 447 workers engaged in Main Work, 255 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.