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Dheka Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Dheka is a medium size village located in Beohari Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 114 families residing. The Dheka village has population of 523 of which 279 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dheka village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 18.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dheka village is 875 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Dheka as per census is 759, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Dheka village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dheka village was 56.31 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Dheka Male literacy stands at 69.78 % while female literacy rate was 41.38 %.

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

Dheka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 523 279 244
Child (0-6) 95 54 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 176 93 83
Literacy 56.31 % 69.78 % 41.38 %
Total Workers 265 154 111
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 73 1 72

Caste Factor

Dheka village of Shahdol has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 33.65 % of total population in Dheka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dheka village of Shahdol.

Work Profile

In Dheka village out of total population, 265 were engaged in work activities. 72.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 265 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.