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About Dighra Village

Dighra is a mid sized village in Misrikh tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 943, made up of 537 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 756 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.14 hectares hectares.

Dighra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Misrikh
Area (hectares) 164.14 hectares
Population 943
Male Population 537
Female Population 406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 756
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dighra compares

By the 2011 count Dighra is the 332nd largest of the 553 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents. Its 164.14 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 870.

Getting to Dighra

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

Dighra lies about 24 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Misrikh Tirath, about 7.3 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 Dighra
Nearest railway station Misrikh Tirath 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Misrikh 7.7 km
District headquarters Sitapur 24 km
Nearest town Sītāpur 24 km

Villages closest to Dighra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighra village had a population of 943. That makes it the 332nd largest of the 553 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents.

Dighra village has 537 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighra has about 756 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 870.

Dighra covers 164.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighra falls under Misrikh tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dighra is Misrikh Tirath, about 7.3 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dighra.

Dighra is about 24 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighra is in Misrikh tehsil of Sitapur district. Misrikh Tirath is about 7.3 km away. Misrikh is about 7.7 km away. Sitapur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dangra (under 2 km), Kunera (under 2 km) and Lokanapur (under 2 km).

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

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