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Dheria Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dheria is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 196 families residing. The Dheria village has population of 1136 of which 571 are males while 565 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dheria village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dheria village is 989 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dheria as per census is 929, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dheria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dheria village was 64.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dheria Male literacy stands at 82.92 % while female literacy rate was 46.30 %.

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

Dheria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 1,136 571 565
Child (0-6) 164 85 79
Schedule Caste 558 289 269
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.61 % 82.92 % 46.30 %
Total Workers 336 292 44
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 116 82 34

Caste Factor

In Dheria village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.12 % of total population in Dheria village. The village Dheria currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dheria village out of total population, 336 were engaged in work activities. 65.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 336 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.