Dighra
Pusa block · Samastipur
district, Bihar · PIN 848115
· village code 236617
Population 2011
2,678
Census of India
Population 2020
4,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+68.0%
1,822 people · 5.9% a year
Households
615
+2.2% vs 602 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,678
Male / female
1,367 / 1,311
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
391
Literacy rate
59.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
493 / 1
Working population
940
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.9%
Households
602
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
148
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
180
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 80 / 14
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dighra panchayat, Pusa zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹18.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹67,867
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.41 lakh · received ₹5.31 lakh · spent ₹13.72 lakh · left ₹23
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.86 lakh · received ₹8.01 lakh · spent ₹17.19 lakh · left ₹67,844
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9279, 85.6680 —
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