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Digha Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Digha is a medium size village located in Pandua Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 440 families residing. The Digha village has population of 1959 of which 1009 are males while 950 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digha village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 9.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digha village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digha as per census is 833, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Digha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Digha village was 75.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digha Male literacy stands at 83.90 % while female literacy rate was 67.63 %.

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 440 - -
Population 1,959 1,009 950
Child (0-6) 187 102 85
Schedule Caste 693 344 349
Schedule Tribe 197 101 96
Literacy 75.96 % 83.90 % 67.63 %
Total Workers 1,238 726 512
Main Worker 657 - -
Marginal Worker 581 307 274

Caste Factor

In Digha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 10.06 % of total population in Digha village.

Work Profile

In Digha village out of total population, 1238 were engaged in work activities. 53.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1238 workers engaged in Main Work, 287 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 281 were Agricultural labourer.