Dedaha Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Dedaha is a medium size village located in Dubrajpur Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 89 families residing. The Dedaha village has population of 414 of which 213 are males while 201 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dedaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 9.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dedaha village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dedaha as per census is 864, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dedaha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dedaha village was 83.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dedaha Male literacy stands at 90.58 % while female literacy rate was 75.82 %.

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

Dedaha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	89	-	-
Population	414	213	201
Child (0-6)	41	22	19
Schedule Caste	208	103	105
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.38 %	90.58 %	75.82 %
Total Workers	315	170	145
Main Worker	94	-	-
Marginal Worker	221	79	142

Caste Factor

In Dedaha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.24 % of total population in Dedaha village. The village Dedaha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dedaha village out of total population, 315 were engaged in work activities. 29.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 315 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.