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Dighalgram is a village located in Mohammad Bazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 1360 families residing. The Dighalgram village has population of 6284 of which 3194 are males while 3090 are females as per Population Census 2011. [1]
Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other important cities are Rampurhat, Bolpur and Sainthia. Jamtara, Dumka and Pakur districts of the state of Jharkhand lie at the western border of this district; the border in other directions is covered by the districts of Bardhaman and Murshidabad of West Bengal.
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. With over 91 million inhabitants, it is India's fourth-most populous state. West Bengal is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi). Part of the ethno-linguistic Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata (Calcutta) the seventh-largest city in India, and center of the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, and the coastal Sundarbans. The main ethnic group is the Bengalis, with Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.
In Dighalgram village population of children with age 0-6 is 949 which makes up 15.10% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dighalgram village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dighalgram as per census is 981, higher than West Bengal average of 956. [1]
Dighalgram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dighalgram village was 64.52% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Dighalgram Male literacy stands at 68.66% while female literacy rate was 60.23%.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dighalgram village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. [1]
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Caste Factor :
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.11% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.93% of total population in Dighalgram village.
Work Profile :
In Dighalgram village out of total population, 1675 were engaged in work activities. 60.78% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.22% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1675 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 339 were Agricultural labourer. [1]
