# Digshili Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Digshili

Digshili is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,348 people in 256 households**, the 37th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,348people (2011)
- 256households
- 74.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digshili

Of every 100 households in Digshili in 2011, 68 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Digshili · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**84%

Use banking services ****53%**

**44%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Digshili?

■ Digshili · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****670**

**934

Working population ****51.3%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 65.6% for women. 57% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 98 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (13%) · **■** Other work 192 (28%) · **■** Marginal 312 (45%)

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 Purulia - I

- Hulka1,447 people
- Tamna1,444 people
- Baghudi1,440 people
- Gopladi1,416 people
- Chainpur Alias Turuhulu1,332 people
- Ranibandh1,282 people
- Mahalitora1,272 people
- Penrra1,242 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digshili?1,348 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digshili in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digshili?74.5% (Census 2011)