Digha
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731236
· village code 317437
Population 2011
1,724
Census of India
Population 2020
1,921
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.4%
197 people · 1.2% a year
Households
399
+1.0% vs 395 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,724
Male / female
873 / 851
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
243
Literacy rate
59.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
405 / 343
Working population
760
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.6%
Households
395
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
206
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
297
Non-farm households
102
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
208 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
208 / 30 / 4
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panrui panchayat, Sainthia 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
₹36.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.13 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹60.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.56 lakh · received ₹21.01 lakh · spent ₹23.11 lakh · left ₹10.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.95 lakh · received ₹30.12 lakh · spent ₹37.67 lakh · left ₹16.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7823, 87.6071 —
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