Dighi Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Dighi is a medium size village located in Kandarpur Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 203 families residing. The Dighi village has population of 949 of which 483 are males while 466 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighi village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 9.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighi village is 965 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighi as per census is 935, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dighi village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighi village was 83.72 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dighi Male literacy stands at 91.99 % while female literacy rate was 75.18 %.

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

Dighi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	203	-	-
Population	949	483	466
Child (0-6)	89	46	43
Schedule Caste	497	252	245
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.72 %	91.99 %	75.18 %
Total Workers	467	270	197
Main Worker	73	-	-
Marginal Worker	394	210	184

Caste Factor

In Dighi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.37 % of total population in Dighi village. The village Dighi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dighi village out of total population, 467 were engaged in work activities. 15.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 467 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.