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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JOYNOBA KHATUN
Contact: 70****6990
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- LGD code
- 324830
- Pincode
- 712149
- Post office
- Pandua
- Population
- 1,959
- Households
- 440
- Literacy rate
- 68.7%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,238
Census 2011 · in context
How Digha compares
By population, Digha ranks #46 of 154 villages in Pandua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.7%
+1.2% vs mandal average
- Digha
- 68.7%
- Pandua mandal
- 67.5%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
−45 vs mandal average
- Digha
- 942
- Pandua mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Digha
- 4.5
- Pandua mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Digha at a glance
Digha is a village of 1,959 people in 440 households (Census 2011) in Pandua block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 46th-largest of 154 villages in Pandua block. Literacy is 69%, 1 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712149, served by Pandua post office; the LGD village code is 324830. The sarpanch is JOYNOBA KHATUN, and the village votes in Saptagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swaraj Ghosh. The population is estimated at 2,310 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digha · this village | 1,959 | 69% | — |
| Dwarbasini · Pandua | 5,256 | 64% | — |
| Sachitara · Pandua | 2,544 | 64% | — |
| Jayer · Pandua | 2,092 | 70% | — |
| Kamtai · Pandua | 1,935 | 69% | — |
| Kalyanpur · Pandua | 1,679 | 74% | — |
| Narikelsanra · Pandua | 1,041 | 70% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Digha
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 230.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 175.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Digha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Digha
- LGD code
- 324830
- Pincode
- 712149
- Post office
- Pandua
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,959
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,310
- Households
- 440
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 68.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saptagram
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swaraj Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JOYNOBA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Pandua
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)