# Dighwa Village, Nichlaul, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nichlaul, Mahrajganj 

# Dighwa

Dighwa is a village in Nichlaul sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **418 people in 69 households**, the 255th largest of 282 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 418people (2011)
- 69households
- 57.3%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighwa

Of every 100 households in Dighwa in 2011, 14 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dighwa · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****81%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**52%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**84%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**10%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Dighwa?

■ Dighwa · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**921

Working population ****45.2%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 48.0% for women. 49% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (16%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 13 (7%) · **■** Marginal 123 (65%)

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 Nichlaul

- Basantpur468 people
- Mahada453 people
- Amu Talab451 people
- Patauna437 people
- Piparpati414 people
- Harpur Khurd359 people
- Sagar Dinhi357 people
- Agya354 people

[All 314 villages in Nichlaul](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nichlaul/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighwa?418 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighwa in?Mahrajganj district (Nichlaul sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dighwa?57.3% (Census 2011)