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Digha Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Digha is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 72 families residing. The Digha village has population of 351 of which 169 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digha village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 16.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digha village is 1077 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digha as per census is 813, 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 37.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digha Male literacy stands at 44.53 % while female literacy rate was 31.41 %.

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 72 - -
Population 351 169 182
Child (0-6) 58 32 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 347 167 180
Literacy 37.54 % 44.53 % 31.41 %
Total Workers 202 98 104
Main Worker 16 - -
Marginal Worker 186 85 101

Caste Factor

In Digha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.86 % of total population in Digha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Digha village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Digha village out of total population, 202 were engaged in work activities. 7.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 202 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.