About Dighi Village

Dighi is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 58 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	51 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	58
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighi compares

By the 2011 count Dighi is the 180th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 51 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Dighi

Dighi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dighi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dighi from other places

Dighi lies about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 31 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 Dighi
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	5.2 km
Nearest town	Khunti	28 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	40 km

Villages closest to Dighi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighi village had a population of 115. That makes it the 180th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Dighi village has 58 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighi has about 983 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 1007.

The pincode recorded for Dighi is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighi covers 51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighi falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dighi is Sonua, about 31 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dighi.

Dighi is about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighi is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 5.2 km away. Khunti is about 28 km away. Sonua is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.