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Dheko Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dheko is a medium size village located in Raipur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 330 families residing. The Dheko village has population of 1537 of which 777 are males while 760 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dheko village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 10.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dheko village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dheko as per census is 854, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dheko village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dheko village was 67.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dheko Male literacy stands at 80.81 % while female literacy rate was 54.97 %.

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

Dheko Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 330 - -
Population 1,537 777 760
Child (0-6) 165 89 76
Schedule Caste 210 102 108
Schedule Tribe 793 386 407
Literacy 67.93 % 80.81 % 54.97 %
Total Workers 834 453 381
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 539 199 340

Caste Factor

In Dheko village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.66 % of total population in Dheko village.

Work Profile

In Dheko village out of total population, 834 were engaged in work activities. 35.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 834 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.