# Rupa Dighi Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Rupa Dighi

Rupa Dighi is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **618 people in 157 households**, the 94th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 618people (2011)
- 157households
- 90.5%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rupa Dighi

Of every 100 households in Rupa Dighi in 2011, 12 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rupa Dighi · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**95%

Use banking services ****28%**

**46%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****59%**

**30%

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 Rupa Dighi?

■ Rupa Dighi · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.5%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**932

Working population ****26.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 84.0% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (13%) · **■** Other work 39 (23%) · **■** Marginal 14 (8%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Uttar Rayband641 people
- Machhranka Nankar637 people
- Ram Basan633 people
- Ramchandrapur632 people
- Kajlia616 people
- Sahdatpur610 people
- Kakurya Danga598 people
- Joykrishnapur592 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rupa Dighi?618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rupa Dighi in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rupa Dighi?90.5% (Census 2011)