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About Purana Digon Village

Purana Digon is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 77 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Digon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Digon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249180
Area (hectares) 122.68 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 77
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purana Digon compares

By the 2011 count Purana Digon is the 170th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 122.68 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Purana Digon

Purana Digon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purana Digon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purana Digon from other places

Purana Digon lies about 36 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 28 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 Purana Digon
Nearest town Mussoorie 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 16 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 28 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 36 km

Villages closest to Purana Digon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaulti 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 Purana Digon

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Digon village had a population of 155. That makes it the 170th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Purana Digon village has 77 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Digon has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Purana Digon is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purana Digon covers 122.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purana Digon falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Purana Digon is Dehradun, about 28 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purana Digon.

Purana Digon is about 36 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana Digon is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 12 km away. Dhanaulti is about 16 km away. Dehradun is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naya Digon (under 2 km), Sirs (under 2 km) and Airi (1.7 km).

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

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