# Digha Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Digha

Digha is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **186 people in 44 households**, the 106th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 186people (2011)
- 44households
- 95.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digha

Of every 100 households in Digha in 2011, 13 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Digha · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**8%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****77%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**28%

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 · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.1%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1400**

**925

Working population ****34.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.8% for men and 91.1% for women. 69% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 34 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (17%) · **■** Other work 20 (31%)

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 Chandipur

- Madhusudan Gharair Chak267 people
- Mangalkhali Chak258 people
- Sijua219 people
- Jahanabad 2Nd Part199 people
- Sakri Chak125 people
- Chak Basudebpur114 people
- Ghoramuda114 people
- Shyamsundarpur47 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digha?186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digha in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digha?95.1% (Census 2011)