About Dighi Village

Dighi is a small village in Adityapur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 191 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Adityapur
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	369
Male Population	191
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighi compares

By the 2011 count Dighi is the 98th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 623 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 17 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, about 12 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
Nearest town	Gobindpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sini Junction	12 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Adityapur	20 km

Villages closest to Dighi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Adityapur 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 369. That makes it the 98th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 623 residents.

Dighi village has 191 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighi has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Dighi is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighi covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighi falls under Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dighi is Sini Junction, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dighi.

Dighi is about 17 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighi is in Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Gobindpur is about 11 km away. Sini Junction is about 12 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.