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About Danighati Village

Danighati is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 119 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danighati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danighati village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Baramkela
Pincode 496551
Area (hectares) 97.34 hectares
Population 225
Male Population 119
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danighati compares

By the 2011 count Danighati is the 184th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 97.34 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Danighati

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

Danighati lies about 49 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bargarh Road, about 40 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 Danighati
Tehsil headquarters Baramkela 11 km
Nearest town Saraipali 34 km
Nearest railway station Bargarh Road 40 km
District headquarters Raigarh 49 km

Villages closest to Danighati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danighati village had a population of 225. That makes it the 184th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Danighati village has 119 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danighati has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Danighati is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danighati covers 97.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danighati falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Danighati is Bargarh Road, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance for Danighati.

Danighati is about 49 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danighati is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 11 km away. Saraipali is about 34 km away. Bargarh Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanigaon (under 2 km), Dhaunra Darha (under 2 km) and Parsadih (1.5 km).

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

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