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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SURESH RAM
Contact: 76****5538
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- LGD code
- 199744
- Pincode
- 277202
- Post office
- Bansdih
- Population
- 234
- Households
- 41
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 54
Census 2011 · in context
How Dighwara compares
By population, Dighwara ranks #285 of 486 villages in Bansdih mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Dighwara
- 55.1%
- Bansdih mandal
- 55.3%
- Ballia district
- 60.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+57 vs mandal average
- Dighwara
- 1,000
- Bansdih mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Dighwara
- 5.7
- Bansdih mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dighwara at a glance
Dighwara is a village of 234 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Bansdih tehsil, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, the 285th-largest of 486 villages in Bansdih tehsil. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 277202, served by Bansdih post office; the LGD village code is 199744. The sarpanch is SURESH RAM, and the village votes in Sandila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alka Singh. The population is estimated at 276 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kewara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dighwara · this village | 234 | 55% | — |
| Kewara Taluka Bansdih · Bansdih | 5,996 | 57% | — |
| Gangouli · Bansdih | 762 | 42% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dighwara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BALLIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KEWARA
- Total area (ha)
- 24.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dighwara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dighwara
- LGD code
- 199744
- Pincode
- 277202
- Post office
- Bansdih
- Population (Census 2011)
- 234
- Population (projected 2026)
- 276
- Households
- 41
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandila
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alka Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SURESH RAM
- Block / Mandal
- Bansdih
- Nearest railway station
- Parsehra Mal (68.7 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 277202
- MairitarBansdih mandal9,865 pop
- Sultanpur Taluka BansdihBansdih mandal8,372 pop
- RajpurBansdih mandal6,235 pop
- Munda DihBansdih mandal3,869 pop
- BakawaBansdih mandal3,230 pop
- Dev DihBansdih mandal2,879 pop
- KaitwaliBansdih mandal2,324 pop
- DarawnBansdih mandal2,104 pop
- Pindhara Taluka BansdihBansdih mandal1,788 pop
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Other villages in Bansdih mandal
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- Rajpur
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- Gayghat
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- Maharajpur
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- Parbatpur
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- Mudiyari
- Munda Dih
- Bisouli
- Surujpura Taluka Sukhpura
- Harpur Taluk Dumeria
- Chor Kand
- Kol Kala
- Baghaw
- Bakawa
- Bharkhara
- Shivrampur
- Badsari Jagir
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)