Digha, Nadia
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Digha | |
|---|---|
Census Town | |
  Digha Location in West Bengal, India  Digha Digha (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°56′45″N 88°32′43″E / 22.945888°N 88.545409°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.6147 km2 (0.6234 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,945 |
| • Density | 4,301/km2 (11,140/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 7412459 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03216 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bangaon |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Haringhata |
| Website | nadia |
Digha is a census town in the Haringhata CD block in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Location
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River
M: municipal town/ city/notified area, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Digha is located at 22°56′45″N 88°32′43″E / 22.945888°N 88.545409°E.
Digha is not shown in Google maps. The map of Haringhata CD block, in the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, shows Digha south of Simhat, which is also shown in Google maps. The map in the census handbook identifies the presence of high school/ inter college in Digha. While Jagulia is identified in 2011 census as a separate place, Bara Jagulia is not identified as a separate place, and the area appears to be part of Digha.[1]
Area overview
Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The Kalyani subdivision has the Bhagirathi/ Hooghly on the west. Topographically, Kalyani subdivision is a part of the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district.[2] The smallest subdivision in the district, area-wise, has the highest level of urbanisation in the district. 76.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 23.27% lives in the rural areas.[3]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Digha had a total population of 6,916, of which 3,456 (50%) were males and 3,460 (46%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 510. The total number of literate persons in Digha was 5,968 (93.16% of the population over 6 years).[4]
