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Dighaunch Population - Purnia, Bihar

Dighaunch is a medium size village located in Baisa Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 339 families residing. The Dighaunch village has population of 1709 of which 890 are males while 819 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighaunch village population of children with age 0-6 is 443 which makes up 25.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighaunch village is 920 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighaunch as per census is 960, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dighaunch village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighaunch village was 39.34 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dighaunch Male literacy stands at 45.48 % while female literacy rate was 32.56 %.

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

Dighaunch Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 339 - -
Population 1,709 890 819
Child (0-6) 443 226 217
Schedule Caste 165 78 87
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 39.34 % 45.48 % 32.56 %
Total Workers 362 348 14
Main Worker 278 - -
Marginal Worker 84 75 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.65 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Dighaunch village.

Work Profile

In Dighaunch village out of total population, 362 were engaged in work activities. 76.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 362 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 259 were Agricultural labourer.