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About Digan Village

Digan is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 43 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177101
Area (hectares) 177.83 hectares
Population 82
Male Population 43
Female Population 39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digan compares

By the 2011 count Digan is the 249th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 177.83 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Digan

Digan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Digan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Digan from other places

Digan lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 11 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 Digan
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 3.4 km
Nearest railway station Tripal 11 km
District headquarters Kangra 20 km
Nearest town Talwāra 32 km

Villages closest to Digan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Digan

As per the Census of India 2011, Digan village had a population of 82. That makes it the 249th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Digan village has 43 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digan has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Digan is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digan covers 177.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digan falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Digan is Tripal, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Digan.

Digan is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digan is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 3.4 km away. Tripal is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maryari (under 2 km), Khavli (under 2 km) and Chatra (1.7 km).

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

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