# Dighalgaon Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dighalgaon

Dighalgaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,780 people in 641 households**, the 20th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,780people (2011)
- 641households
- 55.2%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dighalgaon

Of every 100 households in Dighalgaon in 2011, 20 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dighalgaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****12%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dighalgaon?

■ Dighalgaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**943

Working population ****38.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 47.5% for women. 43% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 354 (24%) · **■** Household industry 118 (8%) · **■** Other work 168 (11%) · **■** Marginal 629 (43%)

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 Karandighi

- Lahutara4,324 people
- Dulepur4,273 people
- Rautara4,260 people
- Machhali3,810 people
- Palsa3,769 people
- Dakshin Betauna3,730 people
- Burihan3,670 people
- Nakol3,669 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dighalgaon?3,780 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dighalgaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dighalgaon?55.2% (Census 2011)