About Dighi Village

Dighi is a mid sized village in Gangapur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 712, made up of 376 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 618.61 hectares hectares.

Dighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Gangapur
Area (hectares)	618.61 hectares
Population	712
Male Population	376
Female Population	336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighi compares

By the 2011 count Dighi is the 132nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 618.61 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Dighi

Dighi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dighi as Available within village. 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 Dighi from other places

Dighi lies about 108 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Karamnasi, about 20 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 Dighi
Tehsil headquarters	Gangapur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Karamnasi	20 km
Nearest town	Chandauli	23 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	108 km

Villages closest to Dighi

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

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Common questions about Dighi

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighi village had a population of 712. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Dighi village has 376 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighi has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Dighi covers 618.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dighi falls under Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dighi is Karamnasi, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dighi.

Dighi is about 108 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighi is in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Gangapur is about 11 km away. Karamnasi is about 20 km away. Chandauli is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.