Dignagar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dignagar is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 55 families residing. The Dignagar village has population of 276 of which 143 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dignagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 19.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dignagar village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dignagar as per census is 1115, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dignagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dignagar village was 55.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dignagar Male literacy stands at 65.81 % while female literacy rate was 43.27 %.

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

Dignagar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	276	143	133
Child (0-6)	55	26	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	276	143	133
Literacy	55.20 %	65.81 %	43.27 %
Total Workers	160	86	74
Main Worker	4	-	-
Marginal Worker	156	84	72

Caste Factor

In Dignagar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Dignagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dignagar village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Dignagar village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 2.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.