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Dightor Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dightor is a medium size village located in Saltora Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 335 families residing. The Dightor village has population of 1686 of which 845 are males while 841 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dightor village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 15.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dightor village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dightor as per census is 1306, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dightor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dightor village was 53.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dightor Male literacy stands at 68.53 % while female literacy rate was 36.93 %.

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

Dightor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,686 845 841
Child (0-6) 256 111 145
Schedule Caste 467 235 232
Schedule Tribe 597 280 317
Literacy 53.15 % 68.53 % 36.93 %
Total Workers 788 496 292
Main Worker 588 - -
Marginal Worker 200 72 128

Caste Factor

In Dightor village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.70 % of total population in Dightor village.

Work Profile

In Dightor village out of total population, 788 were engaged in work activities. 74.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 788 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.