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Dakaita Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Dakaita is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - I Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 254 families residing. The Dakaita village has population of 1279 of which 685 are males while 594 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakaita village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 18.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakaita village is 867 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakaita as per census is 741, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakaita village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakaita village was 42.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakaita Male literacy stands at 47.62 % while female literacy rate was 36.25 %.

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

Dakaita Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,279 685 594
Child (0-6) 242 139 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 42.24 % 47.62 % 36.25 %
Total Workers 313 300 13
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 78 73 5

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dakaita village of Uttar Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Dakaita village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 75.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.