# Dighi Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Dighi

Dighi is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,937 people in 371 households**, the 7th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,937people (2011)
- 371households
- 56.8%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighi

Of every 100 households in Dighi in 2011, 33 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dighi · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**50%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dighi?

■ Dighi · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**969

Working population ****40.1%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 43.8% for women. 55% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 394 (51%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 48 (6%) · **■** Marginal 228 (29%)

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 Hirbandh

- Jharia Kucha2,493 people
- Malian2,457 people
- Baharamuri2,401 people
- Amjhuri2,152 people
- Gobarda1,865 people
- Guniada1,772 people
- Hir Bandh1,733 people
- Dhanarangi1,635 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighi?1,937 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighi in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighi?56.8% (Census 2011)