# Dhekia Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Dhekia

Dhekia is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,473 people in 303 households**, the 26th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,473people (2011)
- 303households
- 71.3%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhekia

Of every 100 households in Dhekia in 2011, 33 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhekia · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**66%

Use banking services ****64%**

**45%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dhekia?

■ Dhekia · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1262**

**939

Working population ****39.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 57.8% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 189 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 250 (43%) · **■** Marginal 117 (20%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Saltora

- Udaypur1,649 people
- Shalroha1,552 people
- Rautara1,551 people
- Tentularakh1,474 people
- Kastara1,461 people
- Kamalhir1,459 people
- Nimra1,445 people
- Kultuka1,410 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhekia?1,473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhekia in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhekia?71.3% (Census 2011)