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Dahikunri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dahikunri is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 60 families residing. The Dahikunri village has population of 331 of which 176 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahikunri village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 14.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahikunri village is 881 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahikunri as per census is 581, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dahikunri village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahikunri village was 78.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dahikunri Male literacy stands at 82.76 % while female literacy rate was 73.72 %.

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

Dahikunri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 331 176 155
Child (0-6) 49 31 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 8 5 3
Literacy 78.37 % 82.76 % 73.72 %
Total Workers 182 100 82
Main Worker 5 - -
Marginal Worker 177 96 81

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.42 % of total population in Dahikunri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dahikunri village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Dahikunri village out of total population, 182 were engaged in work activities. 2.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 182 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.