About Digah Village

Digah is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 42 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	33.75 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	42
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Digah compares

By the 2011 count Digah is the 52nd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 33.75 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Digah

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

Digah 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 Digah
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	18 km

Villages closest to Digah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digah village had a population of 85. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Digah village has 42 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digah has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Digah is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digah covers 33.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digah falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Digah 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 5 - 10 km distance for Digah.

Digah 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.

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