Dhekikata Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dhekikata is a medium size village located in Raipur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 44 families residing. The Dhekikata village has population of 227 of which 118 are males while 109 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekikata village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 16.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekikata village is 924 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekikata as per census is 727, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhekikata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekikata village was 62.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhekikata Male literacy stands at 72.92 % while female literacy rate was 52.69 %.

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

Dhekikata Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	44	-	-
Population	227	118	109
Child (0-6)	38	22	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	226	118	108
Literacy	62.96 %	72.92 %	52.69 %
Total Workers	128	65	63
Main Worker	2	-	-
Marginal Worker	126	63	63

Caste Factor

In Dhekikata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.56 % of total population in Dhekikata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhekikata village of Bankura.

Work Profile

In Dhekikata village out of total population, 128 were engaged in work activities. 1.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 128 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.