About Dighar Village

Dighar is a mid sized village in Adhaura tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,495, made up of 785 males and 710 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1201 hectares hectares.

Dighar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Adhaura
Area (hectares)	1201 hectares
Population	1,495
Male Population	785
Female Population	710
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighar compares

By the 2011 count Dighar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 531 residents. Its 1201 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Dighar

Dighar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dighar as Available within 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 Dighar from other places

Dighar lies about 68 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Chirailla Pauthu, about 13 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 Dighar
Nearest town	Nāsriganj	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Chirailla Pauthu	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Adhaura	26 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	68 km

Villages closest to Dighar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighar village had a population of 1,495. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 531 residents.

Dighar village has 785 males and 710 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighar has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Dighar covers 1201 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.

Dighar falls under Adhaura tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dighar is Chirailla Pauthu, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dighar.

Dighar is about 68 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighar is in Adhaura tehsil of Kaimur district. Nāsriganj is about 8.9 km away. Chirailla Pauthu is about 13 km away. Adhaura is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.