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Dhekiya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhekiya is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 35 families residing. The Dhekiya village has population of 240 of which 129 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 18.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekiya village is 860 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekiya as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhekiya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekiya village was 56.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhekiya Male literacy stands at 67.62 % while female literacy rate was 43.33 %.

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

Dhekiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 240 129 111
Child (0-6) 45 24 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.41 % 67.62 % 43.33 %
Total Workers 66 64 2
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dhekiya village of Puruliya district.

Work Profile

In Dhekiya village out of total population, 66 were engaged in work activities. 93.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 66 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.