Dhekiya
Purulia-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723102
· village code 330968
Population 2011
240
Census of India
Population 2020
258
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.5%
18 people · 0.8% a year
Households
35
0.0% vs 35 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
240
Male / female
129 / 111
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
860
Children aged 0–6
45
Literacy rate
45.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
66
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
10.6%
Households
35
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
26
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
32
Non-farm households
3
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Durku panchayat, Purulia-I zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹75.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.86 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹71.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹63.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.45 lakh · received ₹24.60 lakh · spent ₹29.02 lakh · left ₹12.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.04 lakh · received ₹35.26 lakh · spent ₹42.38 lakh · left ₹51.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3514, 86.5485 —
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staffing across Purulia ·
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