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DHIGHORI
Dighori, is a village of 4,802 inhabitants in 1971 in Sakoli tahsil situated about 28 miles south-west of Bhandara and 14 miles south of Sakoli. The Chulband river passes within a mile of the village. Dighori formerly belonged to the Bhosle Queen Baka Bai and was known as ' Bai Saheb Ki Dighori'; later on it passed on to Lakshaman Rav Bhosle. There are some fine tanks here in which a good deal of singhara is grown and the double cropped area is large. Building work of one of the tanks was completed in 1968 and it irrigates about 628 acres of land. After the paddy harvest, wheat, gram and pulses are raised in the moist fields. Dighori has some trade in timber. There are a post office, a middle school, medical dispensary and a rest-house. A weekly market is held on Wednesdays.
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