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About Dighibasti Village

Dighibasti is a small village in Ichak tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 171 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighibasti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighibasti village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Ichak
Pincode 825402
Area (hectares) 172.45 hectares
Population 348
Male Population 171
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
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 Dighibasti compares

By the 2011 count Dighibasti is the 64th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents. Its 172.45 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Dighibasti

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

Dighibasti lies about 23 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 20 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 Dighibasti
Tehsil headquarters Ichak 12 km
Nearest railway station Padma 20 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 23 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 23 km

Villages closest to Dighibasti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighibasti village had a population of 348. That makes it the 64th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents.

Dighibasti village has 171 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighibasti has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Dighibasti is 825402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighibasti covers 172.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighibasti falls under Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dighibasti is Padma, about 20 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 Dighibasti.

Dighibasti is about 23 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighibasti is in Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Ichak is about 12 km away. Padma is about 20 km away. Hazaribagh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ujrahi Dighi (under 2 km), Marpa (2.3 km) and Darha (2.3 km).

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

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