# Dhekia Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Dhekia

Dhekia is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,897 people in 404 households**, the 23rd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,897people (2011)
- 404households
- 50.8%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhekia

Of every 100 households in Dhekia in 2011, 15 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dhekia · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****39%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**27%

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 · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**951

Working population ****55.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 29.7% for women. 59% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (3%) · **■** Marginal 878 (83%)

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 Bagmundi

- Marcha2,002 people
- Kalimati1,961 people
- Deuli1,908 people
- Dhanudi1,902 people
- Raydi1,874 people
- Sosokhas1,820 people
- Atna1,751 people
- Sopa1,674 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhekia?1,897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhekia in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhekia?50.8% (Census 2011)