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About Digadon Village

Digadon is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 226 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digadon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digadon village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Pincode 835209
Area (hectares) 226 hectares
Population 481
Male Population 226
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,128
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Digadon compares

By the 2011 count Digadon is the 88th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Digadon

Digadon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Digadon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Digadon from other places

Digadon lies about 15 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bingaon, about under 2 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 Digadon
Nearest railway station Bingaon under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 6.7 km
District headquarters Khunti 15 km

Villages closest to Digadon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digadon village had a population of 481. That makes it the 88th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Digadon village has 226 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digadon has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Digadon is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digadon covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digadon falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digadon is Bingaon, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Digadon.

Digadon is about 15 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digadon is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Bingaon is about under 2 km away. Karra is about 6.7 km away. Khunti is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patramuchia (under 2 km), Malgo (1.8 km) and Bingaon (1.9 km).

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

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