# Mather Dighi Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mather Dighi

Mather Dighi is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **13,524 people in 2,802 households**, the 3rd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 13,524people (2011)
- 2,802households
- 73.2%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mather Dighi

Of every 100 households in Mather Dighi in 2011, 17 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mather Dighi · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**41%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**12%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**47%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Mather Dighi?

■ Mather Dighi · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**961

Working population ****35.2%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 65.9% for women. 54% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 654 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,056 (22%) · **■** Household industry 73 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,289 (27%) · **■** Marginal 1,688 (35%)

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 Canning - II

- Kalikatala17,598 people
- Jogendra Nagar15,112 people
- Athara Beki13,503 people
- Saranger Abad12,299 people
- Daharani11,231 people
- Nagartala10,419 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mather Dighi?13,524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mather Dighi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mather Dighi?73.2% (Census 2011)