# Digra Village, Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Digra

Digra is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **688 people in 177 households**, the 111th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 688people (2011)
- 177households
- 85.7%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digra

Of every 100 households in Digra in 2011, 82 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Digra · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****69%**

**37%

Television ****51%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**37%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Digra?

■ Digra · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****677**

**965

Working population ****36.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 80.5% for women. 63% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 153 (61%) · **■** Marginal 36 (14%)

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 Falta

- Lakhna Gangadharpur754 people
- Achanda711 people
- Kotaldanga691 people
- Paschim Durgapur691 people
- Sibpur683 people
- Brihaspatipur680 people
- Sriballabhpur678 people
- Paik Para641 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digra?688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digra in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digra?85.7% (Census 2011)