# Natdighi Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Natdighi

Natdighi is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,286 people in 228 households**, the 35th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,286people (2011)
- 228households
- 87.6%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Natdighi

Of every 100 households in Natdighi in 2011, 68 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Natdighi · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****72%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Natdighi?

■ Natdighi · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.6%**

**89.3%

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

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**956

Working population ****29.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 82.1% for women. 56% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (61%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 65 (17%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Contai - I

- Barbarya1,352 people
- Uttarkhasda1,315 people
- Band Gobindapur1,311 people
- Sahajadapur1,291 people
- Beltalya1,257 people
- Daudpur1,242 people
- Alalpur1,196 people
- Kulbaria1,194 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Natdighi?1,286 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Natdighi in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Natdighi?87.6% (Census 2011)