Dighia Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Dighia is a medium size village located in Badampahar Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 96 families residing. The Dighia village has population of 539 of which 259 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighia village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 18.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighia village is 1081 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighia as per census is 1222, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dighia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighia village was 51.94 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dighia Male literacy stands at 63.55 % while female literacy rate was 40.89 %.

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

Dighia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	96	-	-
Population	539	259	280
Child (0-6)	100	45	55
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	513	245	268
Literacy	51.94 %	63.55 %	40.89 %
Total Workers	171	144	27
Main Worker	18	-	-
Marginal Worker	153	134	19

Caste Factor

In Dighia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.18 % of total population in Dighia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dighia village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Dighia village out of total population, 171 were engaged in work activities. 10.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 171 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.