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About Digri Village

Digri is a mid sized village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 820, made up of 408 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares.

Digri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Murhu
Area (hectares) 380 hectares
Population 820
Male Population 408
Female Population 412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
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 33rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

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 8.9 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bingaon, about 24 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
District headquarters Khunti 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Murhu 12 km
Nearest railway station Bingaon 24 km

Villages closest to Digri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murhu 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 820. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Digri village has 408 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digri has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Digri covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digri falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digri is Bingaon, about 24 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 8.9 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 Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 8.9 km away. Murhu is about 12 km away. Bingaon is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rongo (under 2 km), Mailburu (under 2 km) and Bhursa (2.0 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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