# Pratap Dighi Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Pratap Dighi

Pratap Dighi is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,046 people in 637 households**, the 10th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 3,046people (2011)
- 637households
- 86.8%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pratap Dighi

Of every 100 households in Pratap Dighi in 2011, 40 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pratap Dighi · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**97%

Use banking services ****51%**

**36%

Television ****29%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**21%

Own their home ****93%**

**97%

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 Pratap Dighi?

■ Pratap Dighi · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**943

Working population ****33.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 81.2% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (19%) · **■** Household industry 43 (4%) · **■** Other work 397 (39%) · **■** Marginal 320 (31%)

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 - II

- Mustaphapur3,988 people
- Mathura3,860 people
- Satshatamal3,565 people
- Sandalpur3,079 people
- Tupchibar3,011 people
- Gabardhanpur2,843 people
- Jagati2,802 people
- Bagmari2,793 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pratap Dighi?3,046 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pratap Dighi in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pratap Dighi?86.8% (Census 2011)