Dihigachhi Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Dihigachhi is a medium size village located in Haroa Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 128 families residing. The Dihigachhi village has population of 559 of which 295 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dihigachhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 13.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dihigachhi village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dihigachhi as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dihigachhi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dihigachhi village was 27.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dihigachhi Male literacy stands at 32.56 % while female literacy rate was 21.15 %.

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

Dihigachhi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	128	-	-
Population	559	295	264
Child (0-6)	74	37	37
Schedule Caste	505	266	239
Schedule Tribe	54	29	25
Literacy	27.22 %	32.56 %	21.15 %
Total Workers	395	210	185
Main Worker	208	-	-
Marginal Worker	187	26	161

Caste Factor

In Dihigachhi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.34 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.66 % of total population in Dihigachhi village.

Work Profile

In Dihigachhi village out of total population, 395 were engaged in work activities. 52.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 395 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.