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Digha Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Digha is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 53 families residing. The Digha village has population of 284 of which 156 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digha village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 9.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digha village is 821 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digha as per census is 647, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Digha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Digha village was 91.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digha Male literacy stands at 97.84 % while female literacy rate was 84.62 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Digha 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 Digha village.

Digha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 284 156 128
Child (0-6) 28 17 11
Schedule Caste 12 7 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.80 % 97.84 % 84.62 %
Total Workers 97 90 7
Main Worker 81 - -
Marginal Worker 16 11 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.23 % of total population in Digha village. The village Digha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Digha village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 83.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.