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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 8,159 people
Households 1,878 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.07% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.56% % 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 8,159 4,162 3,997 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 879 461 418 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,975 3,232 2,743 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.07% 87.33% 76.64% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,652 1,352 1,300 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 38 18 20 Total workersCensus workers 2,901 2,464 437 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.56% 59.2% 10.93% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,450 2,152 298 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 451 312 139 Non-workerspeople 5,258 1,698 3,560
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 1,878 households and 8,159 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.77% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.33% for males and 76.64% for females. Of 2,901 workers, 84.45% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 135 4 Agricultural labourers 180 182 Household industry workers 272 71 Other workers 1,863 194
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) 337 02325 8,159
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.