Dhadkidi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhadkidi is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 167 families residing. The Dhadkidi village has population of 854 of which 440 are males while 414 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhadkidi village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 16.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhadkidi village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhadkidi as per census is 735, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhadkidi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhadkidi village was 43.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhadkidi Male literacy stands at 57.14 % while female literacy rate was 30.31 %.

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

Dhadkidi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	167	-	-
Population	854	440	414
Child (0-6)	144	83	61
Schedule Caste	671	350	321
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	43.80 %	57.14 %	30.31 %
Total Workers	344	240	104
Main Worker	156	-	-
Marginal Worker	188	94	94

Caste Factor

In Dhadkidi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.57 % of total population in Dhadkidi village. The village Dhadkidi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhadkidi village out of total population, 344 were engaged in work activities. 45.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 344 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.