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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Digra is a village in Gazole mandal, Malda district, West Bengal. It has a population of 501 distributed across 97 households, with a literacy rate of 43.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Habibur Rahaman
Contact: 93****8062
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- LGD code
- 312638
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population
- 501
- Households
- 97
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1062 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 151
- Distance to district centre
- 290 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 302 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 34 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1154 km
- Nearest railway station
- Basuldanga · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shirakole Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Digra compares
By population, Digra ranks #186 of 291 villages in Gazole mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.5%
−10.6% vs mandal average
Digra43.5%
Gazole mandal54.1%
Malda district52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,062
+92 vs mandal average
Digra1,062
Gazole mandal970
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.6 vs mandal average
Digra5.2
Gazole mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Digra at a glance
Digra is a village of 501 people in 97 households (Census 2011) in Gazole block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 186th-largest of 291 villages in Gazole block. Literacy is 44%, 11 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. It lies 290 km from the Malda district centre, 4 km from Zafarpur, the nearest town, 11 km from Basuldanga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732124, served by Gajol post office; the LGD village code is 312638. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shirakole Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Habibur Rahaman, and the village votes in Habibpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Joyel Murmu. The population is estimated at 591 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digra · this village | 501 | 44% | — |
| Digra · Balagarh | 711 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Digra · Falta | 688 | 79% | 0 km N |
| Digra · Balurghat | 499 | 59% | 0 km N |
| Digra · Kharagpur - II | 990 | 57% | 0 km N |
| Alambibi Ramnagar · Falta | 1,544 | 74% | 0.4 km S |
| Bhagabanpur · Falta | 1,968 | 75% | 0.4 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Digra
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- 4
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 99.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Digra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Digra
- LGD code
- 312638
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 501
- Population (projected 2026)
- 591
- Households
- 97
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1062
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.29867°N, 88.21542°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maldaha Uttar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Habibpur
- Member of Parliament
- Khagen Murmu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Joyel Murmu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Habibur Rahaman
- Block / Mandal
- Gazole
Getting there
How to reach Digra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata34 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1154 km
- Delhi1308 km
- Chennai1325 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBasuldanga11 km
- Bus stopRampur22 km
- Hospital / PHCShirakole Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India13 km
- Petrol pumpIndianOil16 km
- CollegeDream Institute of Technology14 km
- Police stationDiamond Harbour Police Station13 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Digra
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732124
Same name, different place
Other villages named Digra
Looking for a different Digra? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Digra →
- DigraKharagpur - II · Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal990 pop
- DigraBalagarh · Hooghly, West Bengal711 pop
- DigraFalta · South 24 Parganas, West Bengal688 pop
- DigraSomeshwar · Almora, Uttarakhand544 pop
- DigraBalurghat · Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal499 pop
- DigraDevalthal · Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand107 pop
- DigraBageshwar · Bageshwar, Uttarakhand97 pop
- DigraBorio · Sahebganj, Jharkhand92 pop
Villages near Digra
Other villages in Gazole mandal
View all 60+ →- Bahirgachhi
- Kutub Sahar
- Adina
- Bade Mayna
- Arazi Deharul
- Rajaram Chak
- Mishipur
- Deotala
- Alinagar
- Raniganj
- Barijpur
- Gajol
- Saidpur
- Duba Khoksan
- Saharol
- Garail
- Arazi Jalsa
- Kailabad
- Khord Babupur
- Kismat Sultanpur
- Mayna
- Emamnagar
- Krishnapur
- Raykhandighi
- Akalpur
- Babupur
- Batijora
- Arazi Mishrabati
- Kadubari
- Mahakal Bona
- Ratul
- Paladanga
- Haridas
- Muriya Kunda
- Purba Mallikpur
- Baira Dangi
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)