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About Dighalgram Village

Dighalgram is a mid sized village in Mejhia tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 915, made up of 489 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighalgram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighalgram village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Mejhia
Pincode 722143
Area (hectares) 247.33 hectares
Population 915
Male Population 489
Female Population 426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dighalgram compares

By the 2011 count Dighalgram is the 34th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents. Its 247.33 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 947.

Getting to Dighalgram

Dighalgram is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dighalgram as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Chuaberia, Damodar Mohan, Debagram and Dhandora. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Dighalgram

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighalgram village had a population of 915. That makes it the 34th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,197 residents.

Dighalgram village has 489 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighalgram has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Dighalgram is 722143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighalgram covers 247.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighalgram falls under Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Dighalgram notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dighalgram.

Dighalgram is in Mejhia tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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