# Bara Dighi Village, Matiali, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Matiali, Jalpaiguri 

# Bara Dighi

Bara Dighi is a village in Matiali sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **568 people in 125 households**, the 26th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 568people (2011)
- 125households
- 71.9%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Dighi

Of every 100 households in Bara Dighi in 2011, 48 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Dighi · ■ Matiali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**73%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**30%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****6%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**37%

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 Bara Dighi?

■ Bara Dighi · ■ Matiali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**972

Working population ****29.2%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 62.7% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (34%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (26%) · **■** Marginal 24 (14%)

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 Matiali

- Engo Tea Garden1,063 people
- Khariarbandar870 people
- Nimna Tandu Forest797 people
- Chhaoaphali594 people
- Paschim Batabari297 people

[All 28 villages in Matiali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/matiali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Dighi?568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Dighi in?Jalpaiguri district (Matiali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Dighi?71.9% (Census 2011)