# Dighiya Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Dighiya

Dighiya is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,097 people in 757 households**, the 18th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 5,097people (2011)
- 757households
- 72.4%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighiya

Of every 100 households in Dighiya in 2011, 40 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dighiya · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**85%

Tap water ****19%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**91%

Use banking services ****76%**

**73%

Television ****29%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dighiya?

■ Dighiya · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**912

Working population ****22.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 57.0% for women. 40% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 252 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (12%) · **■** Household industry 40 (3%) · **■** Other work 465 (40%) · **■** Marginal 270 (23%)

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 Meja

- Kohrar5,904 people
- Samahan5,490 people
- Rajapur5,148 people
- Bhatauti5,126 people
- Javaniya4,848 people
- Bashara4,788 people
- Onaur Uparhar4,686 people
- Siki Kalan4,391 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighiya?5,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighiya in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dighiya?72.4% (Census 2011)