Detya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Detya is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 94 families residing. The Detya village has population of 501 of which 257 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Detya village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 16.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Detya village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Detya as per census is 976, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Detya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Detya village was 78.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Detya Male literacy stands at 92.59 % while female literacy rate was 64.22 %.

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

Detya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	94	-	-
Population	501	257	244
Child (0-6)	81	41	40
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	248	124	124
Literacy	78.81 %	92.59 %	64.22 %
Total Workers	197	140	57
Main Worker	184	-	-
Marginal Worker	13	3	10

Caste Factor

In Detya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.50 % of total population in Detya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Detya village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Detya village out of total population, 197 were engaged in work activities. 93.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.