Dighwara
Dighwara is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in the Saran district, state of Bihar, India. The name probably derives from 'Dirgh-dwar', literally "large gate", as Dighwara is claimed to be the entrance to the mythological city of king Daksha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 32,700 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Digha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dighwara railway station.
Dighwara railway station
Railway station
The Patliputra - Lucknow Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between Lucknow Junction and Patliputra Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 12529/12530 train numbers on twice in a week basis.
Dighwara
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Dighwara, Sáran District, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.74345° or 25° 44′ 36″ northLongitude
85.00104° or 85° 0′ 4″ eastPopulation
32,700Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)Open location code
7MQ7P2V2+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 245737972OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1272610Wikidata ID
Q1255941
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Dighwara” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “দিগওয়ারা”
- Bishnupriya: “দিগৱারা”
- Cebuano: “Dighwāra”
- Chinese: “Dighwara”
- Chinese: “迪格瓦拉”
- Dutch: “Dighwara”
- Hindi: “दिघवारा”
- Irish: “Dighwara”
- Italian: “Dighwara”
- Malagasy: “Dighwara”
- Malay: “Dighwara”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dighwara”
- Newari: “दिघ्वारा”
- Portuguese: “Dighwara”
- Spanish: “Dighwara”
- Swedish: “Dighwāra”
- Vietnamese: “Dighwara”
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Notable Places Nearby
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