# Dihiguma Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Dihiguma

Dihiguma is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,263 people in 528 households**, the 36th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 2,263people (2011)
- 528households
- 84.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dihiguma

Of every 100 households in Dihiguma in 2011, 26 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dihiguma · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**89%

Use banking services ****17%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**34%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Dihiguma?

■ Dihiguma · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**940

Working population ****45.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 78.9% for women. 62% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (14%) · **■** Household industry 88 (9%) · **■** Other work 168 (16%) · **■** Marginal 455 (45%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Hansgere2,417 people
- Karak2,373 people
- Thekuya Chak2,353 people
- Namal2,298 people
- Dhanya Ghar2,258 people
- Guria2,181 people
- Ichhapur2,102 people
- Mirpur2,091 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dihiguma?2,263 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dihiguma in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dihiguma?84.7% (Census 2011)