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Dighanswar Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Dighanswar is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 319 families residing. The Dighanswar village has population of 1380 of which 709 are males while 671 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighanswar village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 6.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighanswar village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighanswar as per census is 1022, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dighanswar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighanswar village was 75.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dighanswar Male literacy stands at 79.67 % while female literacy rate was 70.08 %.

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

Dighanswar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 319 - -
Population 1,380 709 671
Child (0-6) 91 45 46
Schedule Caste 646 339 307
Schedule Tribe 199 97 102
Literacy 75.02 % 79.67 % 70.08 %
Total Workers 619 442 177
Main Worker 581 - -
Marginal Worker 38 12 26

Caste Factor

In Dighanswar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 14.42 % of total population in Dighanswar village.

Work Profile

In Dighanswar village out of total population, 619 were engaged in work activities. 93.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 619 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 399 were Agricultural labourer.