# Dihigachhi Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dihigachhi

Dihigachhi is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **559 people in 128 households**, the 83rd largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 559people (2011)
- 128households
- 27.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dihigachhi

Of every 100 households in Dihigachhi in 2011, 2 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dihigachhi · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**15%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**32%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****6%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****64%**

**31%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Dihigachhi?

■ Dihigachhi · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**947

Working population ****70.7%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 32.6% for men and 21.1% for women. 71% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (14%) · **■** Other work 147 (37%) · **■** Marginal 187 (47%)

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 Haroa

- Batagachhi678 people
- Baltia612 people
- Kismat Janarddanpur610 people
- Telenipara567 people
- Nawapara468 people
- Trimohini441 people
- Behari405 people
- Harihar Nagar310 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dihigachhi?559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dihigachhi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dihigachhi?27.2% (Census 2011)