Dighal is a village in Beri ''

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Jhajjar Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is a part of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gu ...

district of

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state in north

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. 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 Nationa ...

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

History

The village was established in 1194 by a legend named 'Digha'.

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 The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party based primarily in the Indian state of Haryana. It was initially founded as the Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Devi Lal in 1996, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India. The ...

. 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 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 centur ...

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 Dighal making it a popular destination for bird-watching enthusiasts. Over the years, sightings of the

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, and

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have been reported. In 2018, the rare Slavonian

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was said to have been sighted in Dighal for the first time in 16 years.

Adjacent villages

*Gangtan away *Dhandhlan * Karontha *Brahana *Lakaria *Dimana *Gochi *Kharawar

References

{{Reflist Villages in Jhajjar district