About Dighi Village

Dighi is a mid sized village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,060, made up of 545 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Pincode	815351
Area (hectares)	281 hectares
Population	1,060
Male Population	545
Female Population	515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighi compares

By the 2011 count Dighi is the 29th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 281 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Dighi

Dighi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dighi as Available within 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 Dighi from other places

Dighi lies about 50 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Kaseetar Halt, about 12 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 Dighi
Nearest railway station	Kaseetar Halt	12 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarath	19 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	50 km

Villages closest to Dighi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighi village had a population of 1,060. That makes it the 29th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Dighi village has 545 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighi has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Dighi is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighi covers 281 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighi falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dighi is Kaseetar Halt, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dighi.

Dighi is about 50 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighi is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Kaseetar Halt is about 12 km away. Jāmtāra is about 12 km away. Sarath is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.