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About Digli Grant Village

Digli Grant is a small village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 89 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares.

Digli Grant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digli Grant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Lakhipur
Area (hectares) 131 hectares
Population 182
Male Population 89
Female Population 93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digli Grant compares

By the 2011 count Digli Grant is the 365th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Digli Grant

Digli Grant is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Digli Grant as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Digli Grant from other places

Digli Grant lies about 32 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Jirighat, about 7.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Digli Grant
Nearest railway station Jirighat 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhipur 14 km
District headquarters Cachar 32 km
Nearest town Silchar 33 km

Villages closest to Digli Grant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhipur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Digli Grant

As per the Census of India 2011, Digli Grant village had a population of 182. That makes it the 365th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Digli Grant village has 89 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digli Grant has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Digli Grant covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digli Grant falls under Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Digli Grant is Jirighat, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Digli Grant.

Digli Grant is about 32 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digli Grant is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Jirighat is about 7.1 km away. Lakhipur is about 14 km away. Cachar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Digligaon (under 2 km), Digliriang Punji (under 2 km) and U S Diglichur Punji (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Digli Grant today is likely to be higher.

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