# Digarmara Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Digarmara

Digarmara is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **8 people in 3 households**, the 281st largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 8people (2011)
- 3households
- 66.7%literacy
- 600females per 1,000 males

## Digarmara PIN code and other codes

Digarmara falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363723

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Digarmara from nearby towns?

- Jamshedpur (district HQ)28 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)27 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Digarmara?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Digarmara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hesal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Karandih
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Adityapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Digarmara known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 38% of the 136 hectares of village land is sown, and 135 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Digarmara

Of every 100 households in Digarmara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Digarmara · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**83%

Use banking services ****33%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Digarmara?

■ Digarmara · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****600**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**949

Working population ****62.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 50.0% for women. 80% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Marginal 5 (100%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Potka

- Bamanjhari40 people
- Suratraidi Alias Lakragora36 people
- Asuyadi33 people
- Dariyasai26 people
- Chhota Poradiha7 people
- Matiyal6 people

[All 291 villages in Potka](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/potka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Digarmara from Jamshedpur?28 km by road
- What is the population of Digarmara?8 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digarmara in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Digarmara?66.7% (Census 2011)