As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Dighalia upazila had 26,797 households and a population of 115,585.

Dighalia had an average literacy rate of 54.28%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1005 females per 1000 males.

[6][7] According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Dighalia had a population of 107840.

The union parishads are subdivided into 29 mauzas and 43 villages.

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