Dhepua Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhepua is a small village located in Garbeta - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 31 families residing. The Dhepua village has population of 170 of which 88 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhepua village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 16.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhepua village is 932 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhepua as per census is 556, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhepua village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhepua village was 78.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhepua Male literacy stands at 84.29 % while female literacy rate was 73.61 %.

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

Dhepua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	31	-	-
Population	170	88	82
Child (0-6)	28	18	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	138	69	69
Literacy	78.87 %	84.29 %	73.61 %
Total Workers	113	54	59
Main Worker	103	-	-
Marginal Worker	10	4	6

Caste Factor

In Dhepua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.18 % of total population in Dhepua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhepua village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Dhepua village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 91.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.