About Dighwar Village

Dighwar is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 971, made up of 525 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204.92 hectares hectares.

Dighwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighwar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Singrauli
Tehsil	Chitrangi
Area (hectares)	204.92 hectares
Population	971
Male Population	525
Female Population	446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighwar compares

By the 2011 count Dighwar is the 125th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 204.92 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 939.

Getting to Dighwar

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

Dighwar lies about 41 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Phaphrakund, about 23 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 Dighwar
Nearest railway station	Phaphrakund	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitrangi	26 km
Nearest town	Obra	27 km
District headquarters	Singrauli	41 km

Villages closest to Dighwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighwar village had a population of 971. That makes it the 125th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Dighwar village has 525 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighwar has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Dighwar covers 204.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighwar falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dighwar is Phaphrakund, about 23 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 10+ km distance for Dighwar.

Dighwar is about 41 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighwar is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Phaphrakund is about 23 km away. Chitrangi is about 26 km away. Obra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.