# Dighua Village, Harischandrapur - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-i/dighua/

Village · Harischandrapur - I, Maldah 

# Dighua

Dighua is a village in Harischandrapur - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,463 people in 378 households**, the 51st largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 52.5%.

- 1,463people (2011)
- 378households
- 52.7%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighua

Of every 100 households in Dighua in 2011, 16 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dighua · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**41%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dighua?

■ Dighua · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**52.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**954

Working population ****29.2%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.7% for men and 47.3% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (38%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 157 (37%)

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 Harischandrapur - I

- Ranipura1,631 people
- Mungol1,544 people
- Paro1,536 people
- Shaktal1,523 people
- Salalpur1,433 people
- Barui1,419 people
- Khejurbari1,414 people
- Lakshmipur1,390 people

[All 105 villages in Harischandrapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighua?1,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighua in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighua?52.7% (Census 2011)