# Dirghagram Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dirghagram

Dirghagram is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,513 people in 979 households**, the 5th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 4,513people (2011)
- 979households
- 83.9%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dirghagram

Of every 100 households in Dirghagram in 2011, 62 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dirghagram · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****24%**

**37%

Television ****29%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dirghagram?

■ Dirghagram · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**959

Working population ****38.0%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 76.7% for women. 63% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 383 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (4%) · **■** Household industry 105 (6%) · **■** Other work 397 (23%) · **■** Marginal 763 (44%)

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 Ghatal

- Mansukha8,583 people
- Gopmohal Urf Manoharpur7,010 people
- Radhanagar5,827 people
- Pratappur4,699 people
- Erpala4,503 people
- Sultanpur4,206 people
- Ratneshwar Bati4,176 people
- Shilarajnagar4,082 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dirghagram?4,513 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dirghagram in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dirghagram?83.9% (Census 2011)