# Digra Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Digra

Digra is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **499 people in 128 households**, the 162nd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 499people (2011)
- 128households
- 65.5%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digra

Of every 100 households in Digra in 2011, 51 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Digra · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**41%

Television ****18%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Digra?

■ Digra · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**965

Working population ****56.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 55.8% for women. 62% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 32 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (31%) · **■** Other work 38 (14%) · **■** Marginal 124 (44%)

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 Balurghat

- Satrai512 people
- Ekmail507 people
- Katna507 people
- Chak Gobinda502 people
- Rajapur498 people
- Dhaltara497 people
- Chak Bhriguram477 people
- Jamrail477 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digra?499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digra?65.5% (Census 2011)