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Digha population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in West Bengal, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 6,916 people
Households 1,729 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.16% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.24% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 6,916 3,456 3,460 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 510 253 257 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,968 3,082 2,886 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.16% 96.22% 90.1% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,380 717 663 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 319 148 171 Total workersCensus workers 2,230 1,859 371 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.24% 53.79% 10.72% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,005 1,708 297 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 225 151 74 Non-workerspeople 4,686 1,597 3,089
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 1,729 households and 6,916 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.37% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.22% for males and 90.1% for females. Of 2,230 workers, 89.91% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 30 7 Agricultural labourers 100 39 Household industry workers 18 3 Other workers 1,857 176
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Digha (CT) 336 02315 6,916
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.