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Dhekeha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dhekeha is a medium size village located in Hariharganj Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 338 families residing. The Dhekeha village has population of 1597 of which 829 are males while 768 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekeha village population of children with age 0-6 is 281 which makes up 17.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekeha village is 926 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekeha as per census is 837, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhekeha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekeha village was 65.35 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhekeha Male literacy stands at 71.89 % while female literacy rate was 58.44 %.

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

Dhekeha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 338 - -
Population 1,597 829 768
Child (0-6) 281 153 128
Schedule Caste 820 424 396
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 65.35 % 71.89 % 58.44 %
Total Workers 565 352 213
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 153 78 75

Caste Factor

In Dhekeha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.35 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Dhekeha village.

Work Profile

In Dhekeha village out of total population, 565 were engaged in work activities. 72.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 565 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 397 were Agricultural labourer.