Dhekia
Bagmundi block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723152
· village code 331559
Population 2011
1,897
Census of India
Population 2020
2,182
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
285 people · 1.6% a year
Households
448
+10.9% vs 404 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,897
Male / female
969 / 928
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
330
Literacy rate
42.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
79 / 0
Working population
1,058
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
404
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
92
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
369
Non-farm households
79
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
193 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
193 / 15 / 17
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Serengdih panchayat, Bagmundi 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
₹39.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.35 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹72.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.90 lakh · received ₹24.80 lakh · spent ₹17.53 lakh · left ₹15.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.77 lakh · received ₹35.55 lakh · spent ₹54.84 lakh · left ₹12.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2432, 85.9488 —
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