About Dighi Village

Dighi is a mid sized village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 978, made up of 508 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431 hectares hectares.

Dighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Karanja
Area (hectares)	431 hectares
Population	978
Male Population	508
Female Population	470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighi compares

By the 2011 count Dighi is the 56th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 431 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Dighi

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

Dighi lies about 58 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Somthan, about 2.3 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 Dighi
Nearest railway station	Somthan	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karanja	12 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	12 km
District headquarters	Washim	58 km

Villages closest to Dighi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighi village had a population of 978. That makes it the 56th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Dighi village has 508 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighi has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Dighi covers 431 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighi falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dighi is Somthan, about 2.3 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 Dighi.

Dighi is about 58 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighi is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Somthan is about 2.3 km away. Karanja is about 12 km away. Kāranja is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.