Dhekale Population - Nashik, Maharashtra

Dhekale is a medium size village located in Kalwan Taluka of Nashik district, Maharashtra with total 186 families residing. The Dhekale village has population of 910 of which 450 are males while 460 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekale village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 14.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekale village is 1022 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekale as per census is 942, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Dhekale village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekale village was 58.51 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Dhekale Male literacy stands at 70.87 % while female literacy rate was 46.58 %.

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

Dhekale Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	186	-	-
Population	910	450	460
Child (0-6)	134	69	65
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	880	433	447
Literacy	58.51 %	70.87 %	46.58 %
Total Workers	578	299	279
Main Worker	523	-	-
Marginal Worker	55	16	39

Caste Factor

In Dhekale village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.70 % of total population in Dhekale village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhekale village of Nashik.

Work Profile

In Dhekale village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 90.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 374 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.