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Dheku Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Dheku is a medium size village located in Khalapur Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 403 families residing. The Dheku village has population of 1622 of which 920 are males while 702 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dheku village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 10.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dheku village is 763 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Dheku as per census is 833, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Dheku village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Dheku village was 89.83 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Dheku Male literacy stands at 94.54 % while female literacy rate was 83.60 %.

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

Dheku Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 403 - -
Population 1,622 920 702
Child (0-6) 176 96 80
Schedule Caste 31 20 11
Schedule Tribe 56 31 25
Literacy 89.83 % 94.54 % 83.60 %
Total Workers 740 605 135
Main Worker 670 - -
Marginal Worker 70 44 26

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.45 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.91 % of total population in Dheku village.

Work Profile

In Dheku village out of total population, 740 were engaged in work activities. 90.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 740 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.