Dhengya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhengya is a medium size village located in Binpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 157 families residing. The Dhengya village has population of 740 of which 391 are males while 349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhengya village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 8.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhengya village is 893 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhengya as per census is 477, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhengya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhengya village was 71.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhengya Male literacy stands at 80.12 % while female literacy rate was 62.80 %.

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

Dhengya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	157	-	-
Population	740	391	349
Child (0-6)	65	44	21
Schedule Caste	532	294	238
Schedule Tribe	57	25	32
Literacy	71.70 %	80.12 %	62.80 %
Total Workers	280	222	58
Main Worker	162	-	-
Marginal Worker	118	72	46

Caste Factor

In Dhengya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.70 % of total population in Dhengya village.

Work Profile

In Dhengya village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 57.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.