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Dhengam Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhengam is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 84 families residing. The Dhengam village has population of 407 of which 213 are males while 194 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhengam village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 15.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhengam village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhengam as per census is 722, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhengam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhengam village was 44.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhengam Male literacy stands at 51.41 % while female literacy rate was 38.10 %.

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

Dhengam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 407 213 194
Child (0-6) 62 36 26
Schedule Caste 289 152 137
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.93 % 51.41 % 38.10 %
Total Workers 289 143 146
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 253 109 144

Caste Factor

In Dhengam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.01 % of total population in Dhengam village. The village Dhengam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhengam village out of total population, 289 were engaged in work activities. 12.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 289 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.