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About Digri Village

Digri is a mid sized village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 345 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Ghatshila
Pincode 832304
Area (hectares) 227 hectares
Population 634
Male Population 345
Female Population 289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Digri compares

By the 2011 count Digri is the 49th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Digri

The census records public bus service for Digri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 21 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Galudih, about 1.6 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 Galudih 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghatshila 10 km
Nearest town Ghātsīla 10 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 21 km

Villages closest to Digri

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.

Common questions about Digri

As per the Census of India 2011, Digri village had a population of 634. That makes it the 49th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Digri village has 345 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digri has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Digri is 832304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digri covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Digri is Galudih, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Digri.

Digri is about 21 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digri is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Galudih is about 1.6 km away. Ghatshila is about 10 km away. Ghātsīla is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahuliya (2.0 km), Chapri (3.0 km) and Charri (3.0 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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