Dakshin Dhekia
Kharagpur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721149
· village code 341870
Population 2011
874
Census of India
Population 2020
904
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.4%
30 people · 0.4% a year
Households
212
+1.9% vs 208 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
874
Male / female
441 / 433
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
128
Literacy rate
50.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 200
Working population
363
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.2%
Households
208
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
112
Non-farm households
94
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 40 / 13
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaliara-I panchayat, Kharagpur-Ii 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
₹34.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.69 lakh
Received directly
₹51,224
Spent
₹66.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.67 lakh · received ₹23.30 lakh · spent ₹28.09 lakh · left ₹9.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.77 lakh · received ₹33.39 lakh · spent ₹38.63 lakh · left ₹15.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3784, 87.4313 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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