Dhenkia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhenkia is a medium size village located in Binpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 140 families residing. The Dhenkia village has population of 610 of which 285 are males while 325 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhenkia village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 13.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhenkia village is 1140 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhenkia as per census is 977, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhenkia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhenkia village was 50.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhenkia Male literacy stands at 67.77 % while female literacy rate was 35.34 %.

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

Dhenkia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	140	-	-
Population	610	285	325
Child (0-6)	85	43	42
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	586	276	310
Literacy	50.29 %	67.77 %	35.34 %
Total Workers	330	151	179
Main Worker	4	-	-
Marginal Worker	326	150	176

Caste Factor

In Dhenkia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.07 % of total population in Dhenkia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhenkia village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Dhenkia village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 1.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.