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About Dighi Village

Dighi is a mid sized village in Nabinagar tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,330, made up of 702 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336 hectares hectares.

Dighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Nabinagar
Area (hectares) 336 hectares
Population 1,330
Male Population 702
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighi compares

By the 2011 count Dighi is the 53rd largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 940 residents. Its 336 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Dighi

Dighi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dighi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 30 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Nabinagar Road, about under 2 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
Nearest railway station Nabinagar Road under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nabinagar 6.5 km
Nearest town Nabīnagar 6.5 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 30 km

Villages closest to Dighi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighi village had a population of 1,330. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 940 residents.

Dighi village has 702 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighi has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Dighi covers 336 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighi falls under Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dighi is Nabinagar Road, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dighi.

Dighi is about 30 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 Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district. Nabinagar Road is about under 2 km away. Nabinagar is about 6.5 km away. Nabīnagar is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokhrahi (under 2 km), Jharhi Dhanawan (under 2 km) and Kalan Dhanawan (under 2 km).

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

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