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About Sagardighi Village

Sagardighi is a mid sized village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,966, made up of 1,023 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sagardighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sagardighi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Sagardighi
Pincode 742226
Area (hectares) 210.27 hectares
Population 1,966
Male Population 1,023
Female Population 943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sagardighi compares

By the 2011 count Sagardighi is the 49th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 210.27 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Sagardighi

Sagardighi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sagardighi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sagardighi from other places

Sagardighi lies about 22 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Sagardighi, about under 2 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 Sagardighi
Nearest railway station Sagardighi under 2 km
Nearest town Jangipur 20 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 22 km

Villages closest to Sagardighi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sagardighi village had a population of 1,966. That makes it the 49th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Sagardighi village has 1,023 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sagardighi has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Sagardighi is 742226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sagardighi covers 210.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sagardighi falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sagardighi is Sagardighi, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sagardighi.

Sagardighi is about 22 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sagardighi is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Sagardighi is about under 2 km away. Jangipur is about 20 km away. Murshidabad is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Morgram (6.4 km), Brahmanigram (7.2 km) and Manigram (7.2 km).

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

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