About Digger Village

Digger is a small village in Nubra tehsil, in the district of Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 86 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,233 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.8 hectares hectares.

Digger Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digger village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Leh
Tehsil	Nubra
Area (hectares)	70.8 hectares
Population	192
Male Population	86
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,233
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Digger compares

By the 2011 count Digger is the 23rd largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 70.8 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Digger

Digger is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Digger as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bogdang, Chamshan Charasa, Chulungkha and Diskit. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Digger

As per the Census of India 2011, Digger village had a population of 192. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Digger village has 86 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digger has about 1233 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Digger covers 70.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digger falls under Nubra tehsil of Leh district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Digger notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Digger.

Digger is in Nubra tehsil of Leh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.