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About Digri Village

Digri is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 45 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Gobindpur
Pincode 828113
Area (hectares) 62 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 45
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Digri compares

By the 2011 count Digri is the 188th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 946.

Getting to Digri

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

Digri lies about 129 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Galudih, about 1.6 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 Digri
Nearest railway station Galudih 1.6 km
Nearest town Ghātsīla 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Gobindpur 34 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 129 km

Villages closest to Digri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digri village had a population of 90. That makes it the 188th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents.

Digri village has 45 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Digri is 828113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digri covers 62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digri falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digri is Galudih, about 1.6 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 Digri.

Digri is about 129 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digri is in Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district. Galudih is about 1.6 km away. Ghātsīla is about 10 km away. Gobindpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhugora (5.4 km), Asanbani (8.9 km) and Gargaro (9.9 km).

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

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