Dheka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dheka is a small village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 31 families residing. The Dheka village has population of 181 of which 88 are males while 93 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dheka village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 12.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dheka village is 1057 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dheka as per census is 571, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dheka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dheka village was 58.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dheka Male literacy stands at 79.73 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Dheka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	31	-	-
Population	181	88	93
Child (0-6)	22	14	8
Schedule Caste	179	88	91
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.49 %	79.73 %	40.00 %
Total Workers	103	53	50
Main Worker	29	-	-
Marginal Worker	74	24	50

Caste Factor

In Dheka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.90 % of total population in Dheka village. The village Dheka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dheka village out of total population, 103 were engaged in work activities. 28.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 103 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.