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Dighi Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Dighi is a medium size village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 111 families residing. The Dighi village has population of 560 of which 288 are males while 272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighi village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 14.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighi village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighi as per census is 929, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dighi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighi village was 89.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dighi Male literacy stands at 93.50 % while female literacy rate was 84.98 %.

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 111 - -
Population 560 288 272
Child (0-6) 81 42 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.35 % 93.50 % 84.98 %
Total Workers 220 181 39
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 64 28 36

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dighi village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Dighi village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 70.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.