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About Digshili Village

Digshili is a mid sized village in Purulia I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 702 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Digshili Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digshili village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Purulia I
Pincode 723102
Area (hectares) 341.86 hectares
Population 1,348
Male Population 702
Female Population 646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Digshili compares

By the 2011 count Digshili is the 37th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,386 residents. Its 341.86 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Digshili

The census records public bus service for Digshili as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chirka, Chituara, Damda and Dhadhka. 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 Digshili

As per the Census of India 2011, Digshili village had a population of 1,348. That makes it the 37th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,386 residents.

Digshili village has 702 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digshili has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Digshili is 723102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Digshili covers 341.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digshili falls under Purulia I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Digshili notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Digshili.

Digshili is in Purulia I tehsil of Puruliya 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 Digshili today is likely to be higher.

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