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Dighi Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Dighi is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 337 families residing. The Dighi village has population of 1349 of which 687 are males while 662 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dighi village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 13.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighi village is 964 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighi as per census is 798, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dighi village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighi village was 79.43 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dighi Male literacy stands at 87.82 % while female literacy rate was 70.98 %.

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

Dighi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,349 687 662
Child (0-6) 187 104 83
Schedule Caste 455 218 237
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.43 % 87.82 % 70.98 %
Total Workers 514 427 87
Main Worker 335 - -
Marginal Worker 179 98 81

Caste Factor

Dighi village of Kendrapara has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.73 % of total population in Dighi village. The village Dighi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dighi village out of total population, 514 were engaged in work activities. 65.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 514 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 267 were Agricultural labourer.