# Digna Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Digna

Digna is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,558 people in 371 households**, the 66th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,558people (2011)
- 371households
- 60.2%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digna

Of every 100 households in Digna in 2011, 30 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Digna · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**82%

Tap water ****32%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Digna?

■ Digna · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1229**

**955

Working population ****38.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 53.9% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 216 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (12%) · **■** Other work 124 (20%) · **■** Marginal 191 (32%)

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 Itahar

- Kochpara1,679 people
- Asrafpur1,620 people
- Subarnapur1,616 people
- Koarpur1,559 people
- Belua1,516 people
- Shishai1,512 people
- Gopinathpur1,483 people
- Patirajpur1,458 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digna?1,558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digna in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digna?60.2% (Census 2011)