About Dighawan Village

Dighawan is a large village in Udaipura tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,087, made up of 1,586 males and 1,501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 854.67 hectares hectares.

Dighawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Udaipura
Area (hectares)	854.67 hectares
Population	3,087
Male Population	1,586
Female Population	1,501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighawan compares

By the 2011 count Dighawan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 900 residents. Its 854.67 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Dighawan

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

Dighawan lies about 96 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 22 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 Dighawan
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipura	17 km
Nearest town	Gādarwāra	20 km
Nearest railway station	Gadarwara	22 km
District headquarters	Raisen	96 km

Villages closest to Dighawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighawan village had a population of 3,087. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 900 residents.

Dighawan village has 1,586 males and 1,501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighawan has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Dighawan covers 854.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighawan falls under Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dighawan is Gadarwara, about 22 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 village for Dighawan.

Dighawan is about 96 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighawan is in Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district. Udaipura is about 17 km away. Gādarwāra is about 20 km away. Gadarwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.