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About Digalpahari Village

Digalpahari is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 882, made up of 444 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digalpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digalpahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Shikaripara
Pincode 816118
Area (hectares) 234 hectares
Population 882
Male Population 444
Female Population 438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
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 Digalpahari compares

By the 2011 count Digalpahari is the 40th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Digalpahari

Digalpahari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Digalpahari 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. The nearest villages by name are Dhebadi, Dhirnagar, Dhobaghati and Dholkata. 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.

Common questions about Digalpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Digalpahari village had a population of 882. That makes it the 40th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Digalpahari village has 444 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digalpahari has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Digalpahari is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digalpahari covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digalpahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Digalpahari notes the nearest railway station 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 Digalpahari.

Digalpahari is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka 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.

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

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