About Bindla Digwa Village

Bindla Digwa is a mid sized village in Shalai tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 896, made up of 475 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 923 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bindla Digwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bindla Digwa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Shalai
Pincode	173027
Area (hectares)	923 hectares
Population	896
Male Population	475
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Bindla Digwa compares

By the 2011 count Bindla Digwa is the 16th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 923 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Bindla Digwa

Bindla Digwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bindla Digwa 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 Bindla Digwa from other places

Bindla Digwa lies about 19 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 55 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 Bindla Digwa
Tehsil headquarters	Shalai	7.4 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	19 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	28 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	55 km

Villages closest to Bindla Digwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shalai 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 Bindla Digwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Bindla Digwa village had a population of 896. That makes it the 16th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Bindla Digwa village has 475 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bindla Digwa has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Bindla Digwa is 173027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bindla Digwa covers 923 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bindla Digwa falls under Shalai tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bindla Digwa is Salogra, about 55 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bindla Digwa.

Bindla Digwa is about 19 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bindla Digwa is in Shalai tehsil of Sirmaur district. Shalai is about 7.4 km away. Sirmaur is about 19 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.