Dighal is a village in Beri ''

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

'' in Jhajjar district of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

state in north India. It falls under the

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National ...

Division. It is the largest village in terms of population in a single ''

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'' in Haryana. The people of the village belong to AHLAWAT gotra In Jats and KAUSHIK In Pandits. It is a prominent village of Ahlawat khap and also serves as the headquarters of the Ahlawat

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History

The village was established in 1194 by a legend named 'Digha', a Jat of Ahlawat gotra .

Contribution to Indian Armed forces

The village is renowned for its contribution in the armed forces. A number of locals from the village join the

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. The “Veer Sainik Yaadgaar” is a memorial built in memory of freedom fighters from the village and was founded by the “Purv Sainik Samiti” in 2013. Some of the prominent martyrs are Captain Narender Pal Singh Ahlawat s/o Ch. Uday Singh Ahlawat, Captain Badan Singh Ahlawat, Captain Narender Singh Ahlawat (Shaurya Chakra).

Population

The Dighal village has a population of 14,146, of which 7,663 are males while 6,483 are females as per Population Census 2011.

Politics and class

Historically, the dominant political parties have been the national party

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and the state-level party

Indian National Lok Dal Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cabin ...

. The winning candidate in the local assembly elections has been from the Indian National Congress for the Beri constituency, which Dighal is a part of, since the year 2000. The village, along with other nearby villages, is also infamous for the influence and political clout of the ''

khap A Khap is a community organisation representing a clan or a group of North Indian castes or clans. They are found mostly in northern India, particularly among the Jat people of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, but also amongst other states like Raja ...

panchayats''.

Religion

There are various temples in the village. Peer Baba Mohjama Temple is most famous in nearby villages and sees a footfall of thousands of people from all over, throughout the year.

Connectivity

Dighal has road connectivity by NH-352. It also has a railway station. Abbreviated with station code DGHL, it has two platforms and falls under the Northern Zone of the

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. Only a few trains halt at the station. The village can also be reached by nearby railway stations in Kharawar and

Asthal Bohar Asthal Bohar, also known as Bohar, is a village on the outskirts of Rohtak city in Rohtak District, Haryana, India. Asthal means Bairagi Monastery. Jain, Nath Shaivite and Brahminical images were found in Asthal Bohr monastery. A seventh century ...

Bird watching

Dighal is surrounded by lakes and wetlands and is on the route of many migratory bird species which make Dighal an ideal location for bird watching. Hundreds of species of birds migrating from

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and northern

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stop over at Dhigal making it a popular destination for bird-watching enthusiasts. Over the years, sightings of the marbled duck, long-billed dowitcher, and baikal teal have been reported. In 2018, the rare Slavonian horned grebe was said to have been sighted in Dighal for the first time in 16 years.

Adjacent villages

*Gangtan away *Dhandhlan *

Karontha Karontha (Karountha) is a village in Rohtak Tehsil, mandal of the Rohtak district, in the Indian state of Haryana. It is on Rohtak Jhajjar road. Demographics As of 2011 census of India, 2011 India census, Karountha had a population of 5802 in 1 ...

*Brahana *Lakaria *Dimana *Gochi *Kharawar

References

{{Reflist Villages in Jhajjar district