Dighi is a village in Mahagama mandal, Godda district, Jharkhand, with a population of 5,885 across 1,011 households. It has a literacy rate of 44% and postal code 814155.
By population, Dighi ranks #2 of 350 villages in Mahagama mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dighi is a village of 5,885 people in 1,011 households (Census 2011) in Mahagama block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 2nd-largest of 350 villages in Mahagama block. Literacy is 44%, about the same as the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 70 km from the Godda district centre, 5 km from Marwa, the nearest town, 11 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814155, served by Basantrai post office; the LGD village code is 356501. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SHAINA IZHAR, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 6,938 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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