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{{Short description|Village in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Digras
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India#Asia
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra
| coordinates = {{Coord|19|06|01.3|N|76|21|13.8|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Maharashtra|Region]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of Maharashtra|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Maharashtra.svg}} [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Marathwada]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Beed district|Beed]]
| government_type = [[Grampanchayat]]
| governing_body = Digras Gram Panchayat
| leader_title = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name = Komal Atul Muthal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meri Panchayat |url=https://meripanchayat.gov.in/citizen/JanPratinidhi |access-date=2026-03-29 |website=meripanchayat.gov.in}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 4.12
| population_total = 1106
| population_demonym = Digraskar
| demographics_type1 = Language
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Pin code
| postal_code = 431128
| registration_plate = {{hlist|MH44|MH23}}
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| blank_info_sec1 = 65%
| blank_name_sec1 = Literacy rate
| blank1_name_sec1 = Public transit access
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{rint|rail}} {{rws|Parli Vaijnath}} (40 km)<br />{{rint|air}}[[Latur Airport|Latur]] (116.4 km)<br />{{rint|ferry}}[[International Cruise Terminal Station, Mumbai|Mumbai]] (443 km)
| population_as_of = 2011
| image_skyline = {{multiple image
| border = infobox
| total_width = 300
| image_style =
| perrow = 2/3/2/1
| caption_align = center
| image2 = Digras (Beed) img1.jpg
| image7 = Digras economy img2.jpg
| image4 = Kalinka devi Mandir img 000.jpg
| image3 = Digras road img.jpg
| image5 = Vitthal Rukmini mandir.jpg
| image1 = Digras school.jpg
| image6 = Godavari river view img6.jpg
}}
| image_caption = ''From left to right'': Zilla Parishad Prathmik Shala, Main Road, [[Khatgavhan]] road, [[Mandir kalash|Kalash]] of the Kalinka Devi temple, [[Murti|Idol]] of [[Vitthal]] and [[Rukmini]], [[Godavari River]], Ploughing by Tractor
| nickname = Deviche Digras{{Efn|''Deviche Digras'' is ''Digras of Goddess Kalinka Devi'' in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].}}
| subdivision_name4 = [[Parli Vaijnath]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of talukas of Maharashtra|Taluka]]
}}

'''Digras''' is a village situated on the banks of the [[Godavari River]] in [[Parli Vaijnath|Parli]] Taluka of [[Beed district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village Map - Taluka: Parli District: Beed|url=https://mrsac.gov.in/writereaddata/MRSAC/map/15663880245d5d2f3844306TH_BID_Parli.pdf|website=Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref> The village is a pilgrimage site for the [[Twashta Kasar|Kasar]] community in Maharashtra as there is a temple of Kalinka Devi, the [[Kuladevata]] of the Kasar's.

== Location ==
[[File:Godavari river digras.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Godavari River]]

Digras is situated on the banks of the [[Godavari River]] in the north–eastern part of [[Beed district]], which shares a border with [[Parbhani district]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=जायकवाडीचे पाणी डिग्रसच्या गोदापात्रात पोहोंचल्याने शेतकरी आनंदी|url=https://www.lokmat.com/beed/farmers-are-happy-water-jayakwadi-has-reached-godawari-besin-digras/|website=Lokmat|date=2019-08-22|access-date=2025-11-28|language=mr}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |title=Maharashtra Pollution Control Board|url=https://www.mpcb.gov.in/sites/default/files/public_hearing/mom/2023-01/PH%20Minutes%20in%20English%20Sand%20Ghats%20Beed.pdf|journal=Maharashtra Pollution Control Board|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Survey of India–Beed|url=https://surveyofindia.gov.in/files/BEED.pdf|journal=[[Survey of India Service|Survey of India]]|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref>

== Administration ==
As per the [[Constitution of India]] and [[Panchayati Raj Act|Panchayat Raj Act]], Digras village is administered by [[Sarpanch]] under Parli Vaijnath [[Panchayat samiti|Panchayat Samiti]] and Beed [[District council (India)|Zilla Parishad]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=FPS Status Taluka Parli (Vaijnath) {{!}} District Beed, Government of Maharashtra {{!}} India|url=https://beed.gov.in/en/supply-department/parli/|access-date=2023-03-15|language=en-US|website=beed.gov.in}}</ref>

== Education ==
The Zilla Parishad Prathmik Shala ({{Translation|District Council Primary School}}) is the sole educational institution in the village run by [[Local government in Maharashtra#Rural Local Governance#Zilla parishad|Zilla parishad]], [[Beed]] and it only offers instruction up to the fourth grade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zpps Digras - Parli, Beed - Reviews, Fee Structure, Admission Form, Address, Contact, Rating - Directory |url=https://directory.edugorilla.com/school/zpps-digras-parli-beed-fee-structure-syllabus-address-admission-form-contact-number/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=EduGorilla Listings |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], there are 1106 people living in the village.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population finder {{!}} Government of India |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/population-finder#:~:text=The%20Population%20Finder%20retrieves%20data,for%20urban%20and%20rural%20areas. |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parli Population 2022/2023, Taluka Village List in Beed, Maharashtra |url=https://www.indiagrowing.com/Maharashtra/Beed/Parli |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517185153/http://www.indiagrowing.com/Maharashtra/Beed/Parli |url-status=usurped |archive-date=17 May 2014 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.indiagrowing.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Indiacator
!Total
!Male
!Female
|-
|Households
|258
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|-
|Population
|1106
|578
|528
|-
|0–6 aged
|165
|91
|74
|-
|[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled castes]]
|350
|176
|174
|-
|[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled tribes]]
|3
|1
|2
|-
|Literacy
|720
|423
|297
|-
|Illiteracy
|386
|155
|231
|-
|[[Working population]]
|548
|321
|227
|-
|Main working population
|540
|320
|220
|-
|Main cultivator population
|159
|104
|55
|-
|Main Agricultural labourers
|332
|177
|155
|-
|Main households industries
|3
|3
|0
|-
|Main other working population
|46
|36
|10
|-
|Marginal working population
|8
|1
|7
|-
|Non–working population
|558
|257
|301
|}

== Illegal sand mining ==
In 2022, Harshad Kamble of the District Mining Office addressed the need for authorized sand mining to prevent illegal activities and road damage during a public hearing on sand mining in the Godavari river. He also raised concerns about water levels affecting mining operations. Local residents expressed concerns about road damage, traffic congestion, and environmental issues due to illegal sand transport, and called for the removal of sand jetty from the auction.<ref name=":0" />

In 2023, Assistant Superintendent of Sirsala Police, Pankaj Kumawat, conducted a raid at the Godavari river basin at around 1:30 am on 4 April. A tractor being used to illegally extract and smuggle sand from the river basin was seized, along with a two-wheeler used for identifying the location. The tractor driver and others involved were arrested during the operation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=अवैध वाळू उपसा: परळी तालुक्यातील सिरसाळा पोलिस ठाण्याच्या हद्दीतील दिग्रस येथे अवैध वाळू उपसा; ट्रॅक्टर ट्रॉलीसह केनी जप्त|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/aurangabad/beed/news/illegal-sand-mining-at-digras-under-sirsala-police-station-limits-in-parli-taluka-kenny-seized-with-tractor-trolley-131124544.html|work=Divya Marathi|date=2023-04-05|access-date=2025-11-28|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230610045823/https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/aurangabad/beed/news/illegal-sand-mining-at-digras-under-sirsala-police-station-limits-in-parli-taluka-kenny-seized-with-tractor-trolley-131124544.html|archive-date=2023-06-10|language=mr}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

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== External links ==
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[[Category:Villages in Beed district]]
[[Category:Gram Panchayats in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Places situated on the banks of the Godavari river]]
[[Category:Hindu pilgrimage sites in India]]

Digras, Beed - Revision history

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