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About Digha Nagar Village

Digha Nagar is a small village in Bhagawanpur I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 212 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721633, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digha Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digha Nagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Bhagawanpur I
Pincode 721633
Area (hectares) 77.89 hectares
Population 394
Male Population 212
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digha Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Digha Nagar is the 121st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 77.89 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 933.

Getting to Digha Nagar

Digha Nagar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Digha Nagar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Digha Nagar from other places

Digha Nagar lies about 20 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Bandar, 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 Digha Nagar
Nearest railway station Bandar under 2 km
Nearest town Haldia 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhagawanpur I 20 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 20 km

Villages closest to Digha Nagar

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

Common questions about Digha Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Digha Nagar village had a population of 394. That makes it the 121st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Digha Nagar village has 212 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digha Nagar has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Digha Nagar is 721633. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digha Nagar covers 77.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digha Nagar falls under Bhagawanpur I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Digha Nagar is Bandar, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Digha Nagar.

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

Digha Nagar is in Bhagawanpur I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Bandar is about under 2 km away. Haldia is about 3.5 km away. Bhagawanpur I is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhabanipur (under 2 km), Rampur (3.3 km) and Maniram Chak (3.6 km).

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

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