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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ajay Kumar Baitha
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- LGD code
- 232555
- Pincode
- 841504
- Post office
- Raghunathpur (Siwan)
- Population
- 3,414
- Households
- 525
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 995 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,082
Census 2011 · in context
How Dighwaliya compares
By population, Dighwaliya ranks #17 of 127 villages in Raghunathpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
+3.3% vs mandal average
Dighwaliya60.6%
Raghunathpur mandal57.3%
Siwan district58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
995
−27 vs mandal average
Dighwaliya995
Raghunathpur mandal1,022
Household size
people per home
6.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
Dighwaliya6.5
Raghunathpur mandal6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dighwaliya at a glance
Dighwaliya is a village of 3,414 people in 525 households (Census 2011) in Raghunathpur block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 17th-largest of 127 villages in Raghunathpur block. Literacy is 61%, 3 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841504, served by Raghunathpur (Siwan) post office; the LGD village code is 232555. The sarpanch is Ajay Kumar Baitha, and the village votes in Taraiya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janak Singh. The population is estimated at 4,025 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dighwaliya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIWAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dighwaliya
- Total area (ha)
- 380
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dighwaliya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dighwaliya
- LGD code
- 232555
- Pincode
- 841504
- Post office
- Raghunathpur (Siwan)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,414
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,025
- Households
- 525
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maharajganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Taraiya
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Singh Sigriwal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Janak Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ajay Kumar Baitha
- Block / Mandal
- Raghunathpur
- Nearest railway station
- Saghar Sultanpur Halt (14.3 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)