Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya
# Dhekiya

Dhekiya is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 240 people in 35 households, the 101st largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.
- 240 people (2011)
- 35 households
- 56.4% literacy
- 860 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhekiya

Of every 100 households in Dhekiya in 2011, 97 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhekiya · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 97% 31%
- Toilet within the home 0% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 92%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 84%
- Use banking services 0% 44%
- Television 46% 16%
- Mobile phone 66% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 0% 22%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dhekiya?

■ Dhekiya · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.4% 64.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 860 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 875 934
- Working population 27.5% 41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 43.3% for women. 50% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 5 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (2%) · ■ Other work 56 (85%) · ■ Marginal 4 (6%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purulia - I
- Koldi 346 people
- Bhursa 341 people
- Gosaindi 316 people
- Narradi 299 people
- Bamra 216 people
- Hirakhap 139 people
- Baraghutu 115 people
- Kalipur 106 people

All 114 villages in Purulia - I

## Other places named Dhekiya
- Dhekiya · Village, Hatpiplya, Dewas · 448 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dhekiya? 240 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhekiya in? Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhekiya? 56.4% (Census 2011)

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