About Digha Village

Digha is a mid sized village in Khargram tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 318 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digha village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Khargram
Pincode	742147
Area (hectares)	46.26 hectares
Population	603
Male Population	318
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Digha compares

By the 2011 count Digha is the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 46.26 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Digha

Digha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Digha as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Digha from other places

Digha lies about 29 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 14 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 Digha
Nearest railway station	Lohapur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khargram	16 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	20 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	29 km

Villages closest to Digha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Digha village had a population of 603. That makes it the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Digha village has 318 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digha has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Digha is 742147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digha covers 46.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Digha falls under Khargram tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Digha is Lohapur, about 14 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 village for Digha.

Digha is about 29 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digha is in Khargram tehsil of Murshidabad district. Lohapur is about 14 km away. Khargram is about 16 km away. Rampur Hat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.