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Digha Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Digha is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 48 families residing. The Digha village has population of 206 of which 104 are males while 102 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digha village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 10.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digha village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digha as per census is 1333, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Digha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Digha village was 94.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digha Male literacy stands at 95.79 % while female literacy rate was 92.22 %.

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 48 - -
Population 206 104 102
Child (0-6) 21 9 12
Schedule Caste 187 95 92
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.05 % 95.79 % 92.22 %
Total Workers 64 60 4
Main Worker 55 - -
Marginal Worker 9 6 3

Caste Factor

In Digha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.78 % of total population in Digha village. The village Digha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Digha village out of total population, 64 were engaged in work activities. 85.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.