# Dhekiajan Village, Sitai, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitai, Koch Bihar 

# Dhekiajan

Dhekiajan is a village in Sitai sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **689 people in 176 households**, the 44th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 689people (2011)
- 176households
- 67.2%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhekiajan

Of every 100 households in Dhekiajan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhekiajan · ■ Sitai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****6%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**34%

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 Dhekiajan?

■ Dhekiajan · ■ Sitai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**967

Working population ****36.4%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 57.8% for women. 53% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 118 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 126 (50%)

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 Sitai

- Bara Bangla870 people
- Dakshin Singimari829 people
- Kaimari761 people
- Pirpalsitai749 people
- Arazi Khamarsitai642 people
- Atiabari Girda Adabari595 people
- Kismat Adabari557 people
- Padmamari514 people

[All 53 villages in Sitai](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhekiajan?689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhekiajan in?Koch Bihar district (Sitai sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhekiajan?67.2% (Census 2011)