Dhaska Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhaska is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 93 families residing. The Dhaska village has population of 510 of which 225 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhaska village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 13.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhaska village is 1267 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhaska as per census is 821, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhaska village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhaska village was 60.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhaska Male literacy stands at 71.51 % while female literacy rate was 52.57 %.

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

Dhaska Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	93	-	-
Population	510	225	285
Child (0-6)	71	39	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	509	225	284
Literacy	60.59 %	71.51 %	52.57 %
Total Workers	237	122	115
Main Worker	29	-	-
Marginal Worker	208	98	110

Caste Factor

In Dhaska village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.80 % of total population in Dhaska village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhaska village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Dhaska village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 12.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.