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Dhakkata Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhakkata is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 117 families residing. The Dhakkata village has population of 536 of which 256 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhakkata village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 14.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhakkata village is 1094 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhakkata as per census is 949, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhakkata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhakkata village was 46.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhakkata Male literacy stands at 54.84 % while female literacy rate was 39.09 %.

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

Dhakkata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 536 256 280
Child (0-6) 76 39 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 536 256 280
Literacy 46.52 % 54.84 % 39.09 %
Total Workers 161 137 24
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Dhakkata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dhakkata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhakkata village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Dhakkata village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 99.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.