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Dejhat Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dejhat is a medium size village located in Vishnupur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 305 families residing. The Dejhat village has population of 1379 of which 699 are males while 680 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dejhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 13.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dejhat village is 973 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dejhat as per census is 957, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dejhat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dejhat village was 65.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dejhat Male literacy stands at 73.15 % while female literacy rate was 57.09 %.

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

Dejhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,379 699 680
Child (0-6) 180 92 88
Schedule Caste 652 322 330
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.22 % 73.15 % 57.09 %
Total Workers 643 419 224
Main Worker 514 - -
Marginal Worker 129 57 72

Caste Factor

In Dejhat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.28 % of total population in Dejhat village. The village Dejhat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dejhat village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 79.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 286 were Agricultural labourer.