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About Dighawan Village

Dighawan is a mid sized village in Haidergarh tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,301, made up of 688 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.59 hectares hectares.

Dighawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bara Banki
Tehsil Haidergarh
Area (hectares) 148.59 hectares
Population 1,301
Male Population 688
Female Population 613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dighawan compares

By the 2011 count Dighawan is the 155th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,564 residents. Its 148.59 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Dighawan

The census records public bus service for Dighawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Dighawan from other places

Dighawan lies about 27 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Chhandrauli, about 14 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
Nearest town Zaidpur 10 km
Nearest railway station Chhandrauli 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Haidergarh 27 km
District headquarters Bara Banki 27 km

Villages closest to Dighawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighawan village had a population of 1,301. That makes it the 155th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,564 residents.

Dighawan village has 688 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighawan has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Dighawan covers 148.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dighawan falls under Haidergarh tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dighawan is Chhandrauli, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dighawan.

Dighawan is about 27 km from Bara Banki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighawan is in Haidergarh tehsil of Bara Banki district. Zaidpur is about 10 km away. Chhandrauli is about 14 km away. Haidergarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhikhanapur (under 2 km), Bira Pur (under 2 km) and Deogahna (under 2 km).

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

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