About Digun Village

Digun is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 22 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 636 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	36
Male Population	22
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	636
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Digun compares

By the 2011 count Digun is the 142nd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Digun

Digun is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Digun as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Digun from other places

Digun lies about 18 km from Shimla. 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 Digun
District headquarters	Shimla	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	29 km

Villages closest to Digun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digun village had a population of 36. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Digun village has 22 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digun has about 636 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Digun is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digun covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digun falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Digun notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Digun.

Digun is about 18 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digun is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 18 km away. Chaupal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.