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Dighua Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Dighua is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 378 families residing. The Dighua village has population of 1463 of which 755 are males while 708 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighua village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 15.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighua village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighua as per census is 966, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dighua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighua village was 52.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dighua Male literacy stands at 57.75 % while female literacy rate was 47.32 %.

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

Dighua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,463 755 708
Child (0-6) 228 116 112
Schedule Caste 143 71 72
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.71 % 57.75 % 47.32 %
Total Workers 427 403 24
Main Worker 270 - -
Marginal Worker 157 138 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.77 % of total population in Dighua village. The village Dighua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dighua village out of total population, 427 were engaged in work activities. 63.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 427 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 161 were Agricultural labourer.