# Dheka Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Dheka

Dheka is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **539 people in 138 households**, the 79th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 539people (2011)
- 138households
- 76.0%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dheka

Of every 100 households in Dheka in 2011, 59 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dheka · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****17%**

**23%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Dheka?

■ Dheka · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**963

Working population ****41.9%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 69.3% for women. 69% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (36%) · **■** Household industry 15 (7%) · **■** Other work 41 (18%) · **■** Marginal 7 (3%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Tilpara583 people
- Chhota Bataspur581 people
- Mathbahara559 people
- Sultanpur548 people
- Harisara531 people
- Pukhurpara526 people
- Itahata523 people
- Maryatpur507 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dheka?539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dheka in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dheka?76.0% (Census 2011)