About Digha Village

Digha is a mid sized village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 905, made up of 495 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499 hectares hectares.

Digha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Area (hectares)	499 hectares
Population	905
Male Population	495
Female Population	410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
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 27th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 499 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

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 15 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Ghatsila, about 8.2 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 Digha
Nearest railway station	Ghatsila	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	8.4 km
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	8.4 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	15 km

Villages closest to Digha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghatshila 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 905. That makes it the 27th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Digha village has 495 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digha has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Digha covers 499 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digha falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Digha is Ghatsila, about 8.2 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 15 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digha is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Ghatsila is about 8.2 km away. Ghatshila is about 8.4 km away. Ghātsīla is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.