# Digarsai Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Digarsai

Digarsai is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **831002**. The 2011 Census counted **719 people in 146 households**, the 89th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 719people (2011)
- 146households
- 55.3%literacy
- 831002PIN code

## Digarsai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Digarsai is 831002.** Digarsai falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code831002
- Gram panchayatSangram
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363779

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

## How far is Digarsai from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)38 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town)38 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 Digarsai?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Digarsai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hishal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 5 h winter

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 Digarsai known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 32% of the 280 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Digarsai

Of every 100 households in Digarsai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Digarsai · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**72%

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

**8%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**83%

Use banking services ****9%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Digarsai?

■ Digarsai · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**949

Working population ****27.8%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 36.6% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 32 (16%) · **■** Marginal 113 (56%)

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

- Dudhkundi746 people
- Jahatu746 people
- Pogrosai726 people
- Rugrisai720 people
- Tiring705 people
- Buruhatu693 people
- Bukamdi692 people
- Chanpi691 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Digarsai?831002
- How far is Digarsai from Jamshedpur?38 km by road
- What is the population of Digarsai?719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digarsai in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Digarsai?55.3% (Census 2011)