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About Digal Kharni Village

Digal Kharni is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 85 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digal Kharni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digal Kharni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Gopikandar
Pincode 814145
Area (hectares) 41.34 hectares
Population 190
Male Population 85
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,235
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digal Kharni compares

By the 2011 count Digal Kharni is the 86th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 41.34 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Digal Kharni

Digal Kharni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Digal Kharni as Available within village. 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 Digal Kharni from other places

Digal Kharni lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 14 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 Digal Kharni
Tehsil headquarters Gopikandar 11 km
Nearest railway station Harinsing 14 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 28 km
District headquarters Dumka 33 km

Villages closest to Digal Kharni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gopikandar 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 Digal Kharni

As per the Census of India 2011, Digal Kharni village had a population of 190. That makes it the 86th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Digal Kharni village has 85 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digal Kharni has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Digal Kharni is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digal Kharni covers 41.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digal Kharni falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digal Kharni is Harinsing, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Digal Kharni.

Digal Kharni is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digal Kharni is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 11 km away. Harinsing is about 14 km away. Nalhāti is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharni And Kharnibazar (under 2 km), Tarni (under 2 km) and Karudih (under 2 km).

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

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