# Manika Dighi Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Manika Dighi

Manika Dighi is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **841 people in 204 households**, the 63rd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 841people (2011)
- 204households
- 95.4%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manika Dighi

Of every 100 households in Manika Dighi in 2011, 77 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Manika Dighi · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**10%

Tap water ****38%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****61%**

**37%

Television ****16%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Manika Dighi?

■ Manika Dighi · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.4%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****633**

**926

Working population ****38.6%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 92.9% for women. 69% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 171 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (35%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 38 (12%)

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 Egra - I

- Bilchaulda895 people
- Malida867 people
- Naraharipur865 people
- Alipur850 people
- Tentulmuri814 people
- Jagulia784 people
- Kalyanpur756 people
- Baispur732 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manika Dighi?841 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manika Dighi in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manika Dighi?95.4% (Census 2011)