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Dhekuna Population - Kanker, Chhattisgarh

Dhekuna is a medium size village located in Narharpur Tehsil of Kanker district, Chhattisgarh with total 229 families residing. The Dhekuna village has population of 977 of which 460 are males while 517 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekuna village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 9.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekuna village is 1124 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekuna as per census is 1111, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Dhekuna village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekuna village was 70.41 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Dhekuna Male literacy stands at 83.13 % while female literacy rate was 59.10 %.

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

Dhekuna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 977 460 517
Child (0-6) 95 45 50
Schedule Caste 79 39 40
Schedule Tribe 429 196 233
Literacy 70.41 % 83.13 % 59.10 %
Total Workers 572 289 283
Main Worker 337 - -
Marginal Worker 235 73 162

Caste Factor

In Dhekuna village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.09 % of total population in Dhekuna village.

Work Profile

In Dhekuna village out of total population, 572 were engaged in work activities. 58.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 572 workers engaged in Main Work, 287 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.