# Dighi Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Dighi

Dighi is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,110 people in 449 households**, the 3rd largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 2,110people (2011)
- 449households
- 60.0%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighi

Of every 100 households in Dighi in 2011, 25 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dighi · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**20%

Television ****12%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dighi?

■ Dighi · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**949

Working population ****55.7%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 48.1% for women. 63% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 102 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (4%) · **■** Other work 141 (12%) · **■** Marginal 891 (76%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Ankro4,581 people
- Lakra2,474 people
- Dangardi1,828 people
- Jamtaria1,813 people
- Dharampur1,789 people
- Bari1,731 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighi?2,110 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighi in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighi?60.0% (Census 2011)