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Digshili Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Digshili is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 256 families residing. The Digshili village has population of 1348 of which 702 are males while 646 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digshili village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 13.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digshili village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digshili as per census is 670, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Digshili village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Digshili village was 74.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digshili Male literacy stands at 83.14 % while female literacy rate was 65.62 %.

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

Digshili Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,348 702 646
Child (0-6) 182 109 73
Schedule Caste 144 80 64
Schedule Tribe 337 171 166
Literacy 74.53 % 83.14 % 65.62 %
Total Workers 692 397 295
Main Worker 380 - -
Marginal Worker 312 113 199

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 25.00 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.68 % of total population in Digshili village.

Work Profile

In Digshili village out of total population, 692 were engaged in work activities. 54.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 692 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.