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Digha Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Digha is a medium size village located in Dantan - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 152 families residing. The Digha village has population of 702 of which 359 are males while 343 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digha village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digha village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digha as per census is 902, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Digha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Digha village was 86.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digha Male literacy stands at 92.14 % while female literacy rate was 80.72 %.

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 152 - -
Population 702 359 343
Child (0-6) 78 41 37
Schedule Caste 48 25 23
Schedule Tribe 86 45 41
Literacy 86.54 % 92.14 % 80.72 %
Total Workers 266 232 34
Main Worker 265 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.84 % of total population in Digha village.

Work Profile

In Digha village out of total population, 266 were engaged in work activities. 99.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 266 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.