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About Dighari Village

Dighari is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 639, made up of 314 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Patan
Pincode 491223
Area (hectares) 309.68 hectares
Population 639
Male Population 314
Female Population 325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighari compares

By the 2011 count Dighari is the 121st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 309.68 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Dighari

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

Dighari lies about 37 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 21 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 Dighari
Tehsil headquarters Patan 11 km
Nearest railway station Gundardehi 21 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 26 km
District headquarters Durg 37 km

Villages closest to Dighari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighari village had a population of 639. That makes it the 121st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Dighari village has 314 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighari has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Dighari is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighari covers 309.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighari falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dighari is Gundardehi, about 21 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Dighari.

Dighari is about 37 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighari is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Patan is about 11 km away. Gundardehi is about 21 km away. Dhamtari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karela (under 2 km), Pahanda (2.6 km) and Bijabhatha (2.7 km).

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

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