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Dihichetua Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dihichetua is a medium size village located in Daspur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 277 families residing. The Dihichetua village has population of 1285 of which 647 are males while 638 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dihichetua village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 12.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dihichetua village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dihichetua as per census is 1089, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dihichetua village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dihichetua village was 89.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dihichetua Male literacy stands at 96.13 % while female literacy rate was 82.97 %.

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

Dihichetua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,285 647 638
Child (0-6) 165 79 86
Schedule Caste 488 248 240
Schedule Tribe 17 8 9
Literacy 89.64 % 96.13 % 82.97 %
Total Workers 448 363 85
Main Worker 340 - -
Marginal Worker 108 56 52

Caste Factor

In Dihichetua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.98 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.32 % of total population in Dihichetua village.

Work Profile

In Dihichetua village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 75.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.