Dighaunch observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Dighaunch ranks #16 of 85 villages in Pranpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dighaunch is a village of 2,756 people in 498 households (Census 2011) in Pranpur block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 16th-largest of 85 villages in Pranpur block. Literacy is 42%, about the same as the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854116, served by Mahadevpur (Katihar) post office; the LGD village code is 225362. The village votes in Pranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nisha Singh. The population is estimated at 3,249 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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