# Dighi Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Dighi

Dighi is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 111 households**, the 85th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 560people (2011)
- 111households
- 89.4%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighi

Of every 100 households in Dighi in 2011, 34 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dighi · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****22%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dighi?

■ Dighi · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**944

Working population ****39.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 85.0% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (30%) · **■** Household industry 24 (11%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 64 (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 Chanchal - I

- Matipur683 people
- Nayanpur676 people
- Bagunja633 people
- Shibpur632 people
- Rampur Bhimpur538 people
- Chandipur497 people
- Domabir451 people
- Gauripur438 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighi?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighi in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighi?89.4% (Census 2011)