Dignala

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Field	Value
name	Dignala
settlement_type	Census Town
pushpin_map	India West Bengal#India3
pushpin_map_caption	Location in West Bengal, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	West Bengal
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Paschim Bardhaman
established_title
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	3.64
population_total	13,633
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages*
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Bengali, Hindi, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	713321
area_code_type	Telephone/STD code
area_code	0341
registration_plate	WB
blank1_name_sec1	Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1	Asansol
blank2_name_sec1	Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1	Raniganj
website
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Dignala is a census town in the Andal CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Location

Dignala is located at .

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Andal, a part of Andal (gram), Dignala, Palashban and Baska lying south of National Highway 19 (old numbering NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road form a cluster of census towns. This cluster is linked to a cluster of census towns located north of NH 19.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Dignala had a total population of 13,633, of which 7,170 (53%) were males and 6,463 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,317. The total number of literate persons in Dignala was 10,797 (87.67% of the population over 6 years).

*For language details see Andal (community development block)#Language and religion

India census, Dignala had a population of 12,510. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dignala has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85% and, female literacy is 70%. In Dignala, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Dignala covered an area of 3.64 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 12 km roads, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tube well, borewell. It had 472 domestic electric connections and 45 road lighting (points). Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary/health centre, 1 nursing home. Among the educational facilities it had were 6 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had 1 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institution. Among the important commodities it produced were earthen pots, well rings. It had the branch offices of 4 nationalised banks.

Education

Dignala has five primary and two higher secondary schools.

References

"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
"District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
"District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal.
[http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-27)

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