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Digra Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Digra is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 240 families residing. The Digra village has population of 990 of which 506 are males while 484 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digra village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 13.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digra village is 957 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digra as per census is 806, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Digra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Digra village was 65.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digra Male literacy stands at 73.96 % while female literacy rate was 56.34 %.

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

Digra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 240 - -
Population 990 506 484
Child (0-6) 130 72 58
Schedule Caste 178 92 86
Schedule Tribe 521 267 254
Literacy 65.23 % 73.96 % 56.34 %
Total Workers 384 294 90
Main Worker 365 - -
Marginal Worker 19 6 13

Caste Factor

In Digra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.63 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.98 % of total population in Digra village.

Work Profile

In Digra village out of total population, 384 were engaged in work activities. 95.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 384 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.