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Dighra Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Dighra is a large village located in Pusa Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 602 families residing. The Dighra village has population of 2678 of which 1367 are males while 1311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighra village population of children with age 0-6 is 391 which makes up 14.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighra village is 959 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighra as per census is 1184, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dighra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighra village was 70.00 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dighra Male literacy stands at 78.62 % while female literacy rate was 60.69 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dighra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dighra village.

Dighra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 602 - -
Population 2,678 1,367 1,311
Child (0-6) 391 179 212
Schedule Caste 493 251 242
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 70.00 % 78.62 % 60.69 %
Total Workers 940 664 276
Main Worker 764 - -
Marginal Worker 176 124 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.04 % of total population in Dighra village.

Work Profile

In Dighra village out of total population, 940 were engaged in work activities. 81.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 940 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 458 were Agricultural labourer.