# Amba Dighi Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amba Dighi

Amba Dighi is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **801 people in 183 households**, the 109th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 801people (2011)
- 183households
- 89.7%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amba Dighi

Of every 100 households in Amba Dighi in 2011, 64 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amba Dighi · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****28%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Amba Dighi?

■ Amba Dighi · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**988

Working population ****67.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.1% for men and 82.6% for women. 68% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 234 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (7%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 244 (45%)

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 Debra

- Mokarimpur825 people
- Nowa Para825 people
- Padima821 people
- Shyam Nagar805 people
- Paikpari800 people
- Bikrampur798 people
- Basantapur794 people
- Brahman Shasan790 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amba Dighi?801 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amba Dighi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amba Dighi?89.7% (Census 2011)