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Dekakund Population - Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Dekakund is a medium size village located in Jobat Tehsil of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 241 families residing. The Dekakund village has population of 1960 of which 971 are males while 989 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dekakund village population of children with age 0-6 is 463 which makes up 23.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dekakund village is 1019 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Dekakund as per census is 1031, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Dekakund village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dekakund village was 22.04 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Dekakund Male literacy stands at 28.80 % while female literacy rate was 15.38 %.

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

Dekakund Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,960 971 989
Child (0-6) 463 228 235
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,958 969 989
Literacy 22.04 % 28.80 % 15.38 %
Total Workers 1,229 614 615
Main Worker 884 - -
Marginal Worker 345 171 174

Caste Factor

In Dekakund village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.90 % of total population in Dekakund village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dekakund village of Alirajpur.

Work Profile

In Dekakund village out of total population, 1229 were engaged in work activities. 71.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1229 workers engaged in Main Work, 849 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.