# Dijamtalya Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dijamtalya

Dijamtalya is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 349 households**, the 45th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 349households
- 89.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dijamtalya

Of every 100 households in Dijamtalya in 2011, 53 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dijamtalya · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**11%

Tap water ****31%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**31%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dijamtalya?

■ Dijamtalya · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**922

Working population ****37.0%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 85.5% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 119 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 404 (66%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Amtalya1,747 people
- Parul Bari1,718 people
- Banasri Gauri1,696 people
- Chandan Nagar1,670 people
- Kanango Chak1,603 people
- Saudikhali Jalpai1,516 people
- Maheshpur1,514 people
- Sonachura Jalpai1,382 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dijamtalya?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dijamtalya in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dijamtalya?89.1% (Census 2011)