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About Digwar Village

Digwar is a mid sized village in Daru tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 753, made up of 372 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 402 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digwar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Daru
Pincode 825313
Area (hectares) 402 hectares
Population 753
Male Population 372
Female Population 381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
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 Digwar compares

By the 2011 count Digwar is the 29th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents. Its 402 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 943.

Getting to Digwar

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

Digwar lies about 18 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, about 17 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 Digwar
Tehsil headquarters Daru 6.1 km
Nearest railway station Charhi 17 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 18 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 18 km

Villages closest to Digwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digwar village had a population of 753. That makes it the 29th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents.

Digwar village has 372 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digwar has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Digwar is 825313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digwar covers 402 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.

Digwar falls under Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digwar is Charhi, about 17 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 Digwar.

Digwar is about 18 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digwar is in Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Daru is about 6.1 km away. Charhi is about 17 km away. Hazaribagh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Turibar (under 2 km), Chano Khurd (1.6 km) and Rachanga (2.4 km).

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

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