About Digha Village

Digha is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 121 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	128.06 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	121
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
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 Digha compares

By the 2011 count Digha is the 232nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 128.06 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Digha

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

Digha lies about 32 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 26 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 Digha
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	26 km
District headquarters	Pakur	32 km

Villages closest to Digha

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

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Common questions about Digha

As per the Census of India 2011, Digha village had a population of 246. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Digha village has 121 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digha has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Digha is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digha covers 128.06 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.

Digha falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digha is Harinsing, about 26 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 Digha.

Digha is about 32 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digha is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 19 km away. Harinsing is about 26 km away. Pakur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.