About Dighi Village

Dighi is a mid sized village in Chanchal I tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 560, made up of 288 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Chanchal I
Pincode	732150
Area (hectares)	96.91 hectares
Population	560
Male Population	288
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighi compares

By the 2011 count Dighi is the 85th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 96.91 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Dighi

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

Dighi lies about 20 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Samsi, about 2.9 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 Dighi
Nearest railway station	Samsi	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanchal I	10 km
District headquarters	Maldah	20 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	32 km

Villages closest to Dighi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanchal I 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.

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Common questions about Dighi

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighi village had a population of 560. That makes it the 85th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Dighi village has 288 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighi has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Dighi is 732150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighi covers 96.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dighi falls under Chanchal I tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dighi is Samsi, about 2.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dighi.

Dighi is about 20 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighi is in Chanchal I tehsil of Maldah district. Samsi is about 2.9 km away. Chanchal I is about 10 km away. Maldah is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.