# Dighra Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Dighra

Dighra is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,494 people in 358 households**, the 85th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 1,494people (2011)
- 358households
- 84.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighra

Of every 100 households in Dighra in 2011, 81 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Dighra · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**16%

Tap water ****25%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**86%

Use banking services ****46%**

**38%

Television ****52%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dighra?

■ Dighra · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**937

Working population ****35.0%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 80.2% for women. 64% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 404 (77%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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 Chakdah

- Kugachhi1,573 people
- Dakshin Panch Pota1,558 people
- Ballabhpur1,519 people
- Iswaripur1,511 people
- Dogachhia1,378 people
- Ramkrishnapur1,346 people
- Garuimari1,291 people
- Deuli1,275 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighra?1,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighra in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighra?84.5% (Census 2011)