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About Digri Village

Digri is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 935, made up of 472 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 676 hectares hectares.

Digri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Rania
Area (hectares) 676 hectares
Population 935
Male Population 472
Female Population 463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
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 Digri compares

By the 2011 count Digri is the 11th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 676 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Digri

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

Digri lies about 38 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 7.7 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 Digri
Nearest railway station Pakra 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Rania 11 km
District headquarters Khunti 38 km

Villages closest to Digri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digri village had a population of 935. That makes it the 11th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Digri village has 472 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digri has about 981 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 1010.

Digri covers 676 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digri falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digri is Pakra, about 7.7 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 Digri.

Digri is about 38 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digri is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Pakra is about 7.7 km away. Rania is about 11 km away. Khunti is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garai (under 2 km), Lohagara (under 2 km) and Token (2.1 km).

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

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