Dahkati Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dahkati is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 73 families residing. The Dahkati village has population of 310 of which 156 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahkati village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 12.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahkati village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahkati as per census is 583, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dahkati village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahkati village was 81.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dahkati Male literacy stands at 90.15 % while female literacy rate was 74.29 %.

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

Dahkati Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	73	-	-
Population	310	156	154
Child (0-6)	38	24	14
Schedule Caste	126	67	59
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.99 %	90.15 %	74.29 %
Total Workers	148	87	61
Main Worker	67	-	-
Marginal Worker	81	33	48

Caste Factor

In Dahkati village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.65 % of total population in Dahkati village. The village Dahkati currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dahkati village out of total population, 148 were engaged in work activities. 45.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.