Dhekineja Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhekineja is a small village located in Garbeta - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 35 families residing. The Dhekineja village has population of 165 of which 73 are males while 92 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekineja village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 10.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekineja village is 1260 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekineja as per census is 1250, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhekineja village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekineja village was 70.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhekineja Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 58.54 %.

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

Dhekineja Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	35	-	-
Population	165	73	92
Child (0-6)	18	8	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	165	73	92
Literacy	70.07 %	84.62 %	58.54 %
Total Workers	103	49	54
Main Worker	98	-	-
Marginal Worker	5	2	3

Caste Factor

In Dhekineja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dhekineja village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhekineja village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Dhekineja village out of total population, 103 were engaged in work activities. 95.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 103 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.