# Dighara Village, Goghat - I, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Goghat - I, Hugli 

# Dighara

Dighara is a village in Goghat - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,246 people in 502 households**, the 18th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 2,246people (2011)
- 502households
- 81.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighara

Of every 100 households in Dighara in 2011, 80 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dighara · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**39%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**44%

Television ****35%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**15%

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 Dighara?

■ Dighara · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****801**

**941

Working population ****38.2%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 74.2% for women. 65% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 314 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 343 (40%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 128 (15%) · **■** Marginal 70 (8%)

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 Goghat - I

- Methul2,704 people
- Kamche2,396 people
- Uttar Balarampur2,391 people
- Sunia2,329 people
- Belekusuma2,103 people
- Patulsara2,076 people
- Darinakunda2,041 people
- Madina1,877 people

[All 99 villages in Goghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighara?2,246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighara in?Hugli district (Goghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighara?81.5% (Census 2011)