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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dighi is a village in Chanchal-I mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 560 across 111 households. The village has a literacy rate of 76.4% and is accessible via PIN 732126.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAHENA PARVIN
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- LGD code
- 312194
- Pincode
- 732126
- Post office
- Kaligaon
- Population
- 560
- Households
- 111
- Literacy rate
- 76.4%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 220
- Distance to district centre
- 238 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 263 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 165 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1078 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chhatna · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Amjhuri Rural Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dighi compares
By population, Dighi ranks #85 of 100 villages in Chanchal - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.4%
+20.2% vs mandal average
- Dighi
- 76.4%
- Chanchal - I mandal
- 56.2%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
−5 vs mandal average
- Dighi
- 944
- Chanchal - I mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Dighi
- 5.0
- Chanchal - I mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dighi at a glance
Dighi is a village of 560 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Chanchal - I block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 85th-largest of 100 villages in Chanchal - I block. Literacy is 76%, 20 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. It lies 238 km from the Malda district centre, 27 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 28 km from Chhatna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732126, served by Kaligaon post office; the LGD village code is 312194. The nearest hospital or health centre is Amjhuri Rural Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is RAHENA PARVIN, and the village votes in Malatipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abdur Rahim Boxi. The population is estimated at 660 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dighi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 96.91
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dighi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dighi
- LGD code
- 312194
- Pincode
- 732126
- Post office
- Kaligaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 560
- Population (projected 2026)
- 660
- Households
- 111
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 76.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.08253°N, 86.84777°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maldaha Uttar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Malatipur
- Member of Parliament
- Khagen Murmu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abdur Rahim Boxi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAHENA PARVIN
- Block / Mandal
- Chanchal - I
Getting there
How to reach Dighi
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 27 km
≈ 56 min by car · 1 h 7 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata165 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1078 km
- Delhi1143 km
- Chennai1311 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChhatna28 km
- Hospital / PHCAmjhuri Rural Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpSun Filling Station2 km
- CollegeKhatra Adibashi Mahavidyalaya9 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station5 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dighi
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dighi
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732126
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- Paschim BhagabanpurChanchal - I mandal4,993 pop
- BhagabatipurChanchal - I mandal4,444 pop
- KharbaChanchal - I mandal3,744 pop
- MatiharpurChanchal - I mandal3,695 pop
- Kharba GopalpurChanchal - I mandal3,247 pop
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)