Skip to main content

About Digras Village

Digras is a mid sized village in Kinwat tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 969, made up of 512 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1366 hectares hectares.

Digras Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digras village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Kinwat
Area (hectares) 1366 hectares
Population 969
Male Population 512
Female Population 457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Digras compares

By the 2011 count Digras is the 81st largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents. Its 1366 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Digras

Digras is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Digras as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 96 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Dhanora(Deccan), about 5.4 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 Dhanora(Deccan) 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kinwat 20 km
District headquarters Nanded 96 km

Villages closest to Digras

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kinwat 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 969. That makes it the 81st largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents.

Digras village has 512 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digras has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Digras covers 1366 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digras falls under Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Digras is Dhanora(Deccan), about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

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

Digras is in Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district. Dhanora(Deccan) is about 5.4 km away. Kinwat is about 20 km away. Nanded is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dongargaon Tanda (under 2 km), Chandrapur (under 2 km) and Jaldhara (under 2 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.

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.

See All