# Uttar Digha Village, Bhagawanpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Digha

Uttar Digha is a village in Bhagawanpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **653 people in 146 households**, the 93rd largest of 167 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 91.0%.

- 653people (2011)
- 146households
- 96.3%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Digha

Of every 100 households in Uttar Digha in 2011, 66 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 96 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Digha · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**92%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****96%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Uttar Digha?

■ Uttar Digha · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.3%**

**91.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1093**

**949

Working population ****62.6%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.7% for men and 92.5% for women. 65% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (5%) · **■** Marginal 352 (86%)

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 Bhagawanpur - II

- Idalbar711 people
- Shanka Diha677 people
- Uttar Bamunia669 people
- Khantmari653 people
- Garania642 people
- Chingra640 people
- Ichhapur640 people
- Uttar Nischinta636 people

[All 168 villages in Bhagawanpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Digha?653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Digha in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Digha?96.3% (Census 2011)