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About Digi Village

Digi is a mid sized village in Udhampur tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 715, made up of 357 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digi village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
Tehsil Udhampur
Pincode 182125
Area (hectares) 382.8 hectares
Population 715
Male Population 357
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digi compares

By the 2011 count Digi is the 86th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 382.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Digi

Digi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Digi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Digi from other places

Digi lies about 21 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Basindahar, about 15 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 Digi
Nearest railway station Basindahar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Udhampur 21 km

Villages closest to Digi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digi village had a population of 715. That makes it the 86th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Digi village has 357 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digi has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Digi is 182125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digi covers 382.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digi falls under Udhampur tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Digi is Basindahar, about 15 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 village for Digi.

Digi is about 21 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digi is in Udhampur tehsil of Udhampur district. Basindahar is about 15 km away. Udhampur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majra Resyalan (under 2 km), Kutler Pain (under 2 km) and Brinda Landar (under 2 km).

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

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