# Dighari Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dighari

Dighari is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,241 people in 970 households**, the 21st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 4,241people (2011)
- 970households
- 74.8%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighari

Of every 100 households in Dighari in 2011, 52 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dighari · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**19%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**92%

Use banking services ****21%**

**38%

Television ****23%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

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 Dighari?

■ Dighari · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**962

Working population ****34.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 69.4% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 511 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 535 (36%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 190 (13%) · **■** Marginal 225 (15%)

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 Bongaon

- Arsingri4,511 people
- Nakful4,499 people
- Bharatpur4,400 people
- Bhashanpota4,376 people
- Tengra4,226 people
- Santoshpur4,168 people
- Sanakpur4,057 people
- Sabhaipur4,032 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighari?4,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighari in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighari?74.8% (Census 2011)