# Dejhat Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Dejhat

Dejhat is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,379 people in 305 households**, the 36th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,379people (2011)
- 305households
- 65.2%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dejhat

Of every 100 households in Dejhat in 2011, 28 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dejhat · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**24%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**87%

Use banking services ****19%**

**62%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**16%

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 Dejhat?

■ Dejhat · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**985

Working population ****46.6%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 57.1% for women. 60% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (44%) · **■** Household industry 31 (5%) · **■** Other work 115 (18%) · **■** Marginal 129 (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 Vishnupur

- Hulmara1,463 people
- Bhagaband1,454 people
- Dharapati1,399 people
- Ghugimura1,398 people
- Jamuna Band1,378 people
- Rautara1,370 people
- Kulaijuri1,366 people
- Majdiha1,344 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dejhat?1,379 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dejhat in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dejhat?65.2% (Census 2011)