# Digha Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Digha

Digha is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,971 people in 935 households**, the 18th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,971people (2011)
- 935households
- 74.9%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digha

Of every 100 households in Digha in 2011, 56 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Digha · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**3%

Tap water ****16%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****39%**

**47%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Digha?

■ Digha · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**965

Working population ****37.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 67.8% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 170 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 258 (17%) · **■** Household industry 35 (2%) · **■** Other work 848 (57%) · **■** Marginal 187 (12%)

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 Gaighata

- Ramnagar4,521 people
- Karola4,127 people
- Bishnupur4,119 people
- Hanspur4,113 people
- Gaighata3,878 people
- Shashadanga3,855 people
- Simuliapara3,678 people
- Baghna3,639 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digha?3,971 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digha?74.9% (Census 2011)