Dighra Population, Caste, Working Data Samastipur, Bihar - Census 2011

Dighra is a village situated in Pusa block of Samastipur district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 602 families residing in the village Dighra. The total population of Dighra is 2,678 out of which 1,367 are males and 1,311 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Dighra is 959.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Dighra village is 391 which is 15% of the total population. There are 179 male children and 212 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Dighra is 1,184 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (959) of Dighra village.

Population
2,678
Families
602
Literacy
70%
Sex Ratio
959

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Dighra is 70%. Thus Dighra village has higher literacy rate compared to 50.3% of Samastipur district. The male literacy rate is 78.62% and the female literacy rate is 60.69% in Dighra village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Dighra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Dighra Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Dighra village.

Total Male Female
Children 391 179 212
Literacy 70% 78.62% 60.69%
Scheduled Caste 493 251 242
Scheduled Tribe 1 1 0
Illiterate 1,077 433 644

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Dighra village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Dighra village out of total population, 940 were engaged in work activities. 81.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 940 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 458 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 764 540 224
Cultivators 156 141 15
Agriculture Labourer 458 275 183
Household Industries 11 11 0
Other Workers 139 113 26
Marginal Workers 176 124 52
Non Working 1,738 703 1,035

Nearby Villages to Dighra,

Below are the list of villages near Dighra village in Pusa.

Village Population
Nawa Chak 1,386
Bishunpur Birauli 360
Jagdishpur 1,888
Mahamadpur Birauli 2,107
Malikorh 2,408
Birauli Khurd 1,830
Sekhopur 618
Gaura Kalyanpur 1,668
Dhobgawan 4,873
Patepur Gopinath 1,676

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