# Digha Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Digha

Digha is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,300 people in 401 households**, the 3rd largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,300people (2011)
- 401households
- 52.8%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digha

Of every 100 households in Digha in 2011, 38 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Digha · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**88%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**66%

Use banking services ****33%**

**57%

Television ****23%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Digha?

■ Digha · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**967

Working population ****31.3%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 35.5% for women. 51% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 156 (22%) · **■** Marginal 453 (63%)

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 Neturia

- Sarbari5,007 people
- Bhamaria3,425 people
- Ray Band2,092 people
- Bonra2,051 people
- Bartoria1,898 people
- Ranipur Colliery1,873 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digha?2,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digha in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digha?52.8% (Census 2011)