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About Digari Village

Digari is a small village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 116 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Puraula
Pincode 249185
Area (hectares) 291.49 hectares
Population 241
Male Population 116
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digari compares

By the 2011 count Digari is the 46th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 291.49 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Digari

Digari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Digari as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Digari from other places

Digari lies about 32 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 72 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 Digari
Tehsil headquarters Puraula 32 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 32 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 56 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 72 km

Villages closest to Digari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digari village had a population of 241. That makes it the 46th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Digari village has 116 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digari has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Digari is 249185. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digari covers 291.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Digari falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Digari is Dehradun, about 72 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Digari.

Digari is about 32 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digari is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Puraula is about 32 km away. Uttarkashi is about 32 km away. Mussoorie is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kimdar (under 2 km), Paunti (1.8 km) and Sar Gaon (2.0 km).

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

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