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About Digwad Village

Digwad is a mid sized village in Badi tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 859, made up of 462 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 409.48 hectares hectares.

Digwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digwad village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Badi
Area (hectares) 409.48 hectares
Population 859
Male Population 462
Female Population 397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digwad compares

By the 2011 count Digwad is the 37th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 807 residents. Its 409.48 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 902.

Getting to Digwad

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

Digwad lies about 52 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 28 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 Digwad
Tehsil headquarters Badi 14 km
Nearest town Bareli 23 km
Nearest railway station Guramkhedi 28 km
District headquarters Raisen 52 km

Villages closest to Digwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digwad village had a population of 859. That makes it the 37th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 807 residents.

Digwad village has 462 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digwad has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Digwad covers 409.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digwad falls under Badi tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Digwad is Guramkhedi, about 28 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Digwad.

Digwad is about 52 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digwad is in Badi tehsil of Raisen district. Badi is about 14 km away. Bareli is about 23 km away. Guramkhedi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhenakachhar (under 2 km), Lakhanpur (under 2 km) and Kutnasir (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Digwad today is likely to be higher.

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