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About Digras Village

Digras is one of the larger villages in Rahuri tehsil, in the district of Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,512, made up of 3,991 males and 3,521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1435.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413722, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digras Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digras village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ahmadnagar
Tehsil Rahuri
Pincode 413722
Area (hectares) 1435.22 hectares
Population 7,512
Male Population 3,991
Female Population 3,521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Digras compares

By the 2011 count Digras is the 5th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,636 residents. Its 1435.22 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 936.

Getting to Digras

Digras is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Digras as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Digras from other places

Digras lies about 18 km from Ahmadnagar, and the nearest railway station is Kalambha, about 2.1 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 Digras
Nearest railway station Kalambha 2.1 km
Nearest town Kātol 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Rahuri 18 km
District headquarters Ahmadnagar 18 km

Villages closest to Digras

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digras village had a population of 7,512. That makes it the 5th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,636 residents.

Digras village has 3,991 males and 3,521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digras has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Digras is 413722. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digras covers 1435.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digras falls under Rahuri tehsil of Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Digras is Kalambha, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Digras.

Digras is about 18 km from Ahmadnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digras is in Rahuri tehsil of Ahmadnagar district. Kalambha is about 2.1 km away. Kātol is about 7.5 km away. Rahuri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanadgaon (3.7 km), Chinchale (4.0 km) and Ambi (4.0 km).

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

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