Dhigaldanga Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Dhigaldanga is a medium size village located in Itahar Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 105 families residing. The Dhigaldanga village has population of 541 of which 279 are males while 262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhigaldanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 10.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhigaldanga village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhigaldanga as per census is 706, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhigaldanga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhigaldanga village was 63.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhigaldanga Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 55.88 %.

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

Dhigaldanga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	105	-	-
Population	541	279	262
Child (0-6)	58	34	24
Schedule Caste	507	258	249
Schedule Tribe	24	13	11
Literacy	63.77 %	71.43 %	55.88 %
Total Workers	333	178	155
Main Worker	109	-	-
Marginal Worker	224	82	142

Caste Factor

In Dhigaldanga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 93.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.44 % of total population in Dhigaldanga village.

Work Profile

In Dhigaldanga village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 32.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.