# Dighalkandi Village, Karimpur - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Karimpur - II, Nadia 

# Dighalkandi

Dighalkandi is a village in Karimpur - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,734 people in 684 households**, the 23rd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.0%.

- 2,734people (2011)
- 684households
- 63.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighalkandi

Of every 100 households in Dighalkandi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dighalkandi · ■ Karimpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**64%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**31%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****65%**

**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 Dighalkandi?

■ Dighalkandi · ■ Karimpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**62.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**956

Working population ****42.0%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 58.8% for women. 62% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 68 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 726 (63%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 70 (6%) · **■** Marginal 273 (24%)

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 Karimpur - II

- Kishorpur4,035 people
- Sobharajpur3,539 people
- Baliadanga3,160 people
- Singadanga3,004 people
- Madhpur2,658 people
- Teinpur2,633 people
- Rasikpur2,466 people
- Char Brindabanpur2,451 people

[All 71 villages in Karimpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/karimpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighalkandi?2,734 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighalkandi in?Nadia district (Karimpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighalkandi?63.7% (Census 2011)