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Digha
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Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Digha is a census town in the Barasat I CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision in the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Geography
Digha is located at . Bamangachhi, Digha and Kulberia form a cluster of census towns. The entire cluster has a very high density of population. (See the infobox of each census town for density of population). Duttapukur police station has jurisdiction over Barasat I CD Block. The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta. The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- House CrowCorvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves4,162
- Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves4,019
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3,889
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3,721
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves3,172
- Black KiteMilvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves2,984
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii (Sykes, 1832) · Aves2,817
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves2,762
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 5 — 2026-02-2724 km SSE of Sātkhira, Bangladesh
- M 4.5 — 2018-08-286 km ENE of Gh?t?l, India
- M 4.5 — 2013-08-069 km NE of Sh?ntipur, India
- M 4.1 — 2013-06-0122 km NE of Kultali, India
- M 4.2 — 2009-01-0510 km NE of Nagarukhra, India
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here




People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in West Bengal
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
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Books about Digha
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library