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Dhekerigaon Population - Darrang, Assam

Dhekerigaon is a large village located in Dalgaon Circle of Darrang district, Assam with total 517 families residing. The Dhekerigaon village has population of 2516 of which 1294 are males while 1222 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekerigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 406 which makes up 16.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekerigaon village is 944 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekerigaon as per census is 971, higher than Assam average of 962.

Dhekerigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekerigaon village was 50.19 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Dhekerigaon Male literacy stands at 55.06 % while female literacy rate was 45.01 %.

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

Dhekerigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 517 - -
Population 2,516 1,294 1,222
Child (0-6) 406 206 200
Schedule Caste 638 326 312
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.19 % 55.06 % 45.01 %
Total Workers 674 613 61
Main Worker 658 - -
Marginal Worker 16 12 4

Caste Factor

Dhekerigaon village of Darrang has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.36 % of total population in Dhekerigaon village. The village Dhekerigaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhekerigaon village out of total population, 674 were engaged in work activities. 97.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 674 workers engaged in Main Work, 166 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.