Dighalgram Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dighalgram is a medium size village located in Mejhia Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 187 families residing. The Dighalgram village has population of 915 of which 489 are males while 426 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighalgram village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 12.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighalgram village is 871 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighalgram as per census is 727, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dighalgram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighalgram village was 59.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dighalgram Male literacy stands at 70.92 % while female literacy rate was 46.30 %.

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

Dighalgram Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	187	-	-
Population	915	489	426
Child (0-6)	114	66	48
Schedule Caste	595	316	279
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	59.30 %	70.92 %	46.30 %
Total Workers	305	264	41
Main Worker	272	-	-
Marginal Worker	33	15	18

Caste Factor

In Dighalgram village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.03 % of total population in Dighalgram village. The village Dighalgram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dighalgram village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 89.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.