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About Dongi Village

Dongi is a small village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 200 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495442
Area (hectares) 94.04 hectares
Population 376
Male Population 200
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongi compares

By the 2011 count Dongi is the 135th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 94.04 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Dongi

Dongi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dongi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dongi from other places

Dongi lies about 30 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dongi
Nearest town Ratanpur 8.8 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 11 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 30 km

Villages closest to Dongi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kota tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Dongi

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongi village had a population of 376. That makes it the 135th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Dongi village has 200 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongi has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Dongi is 495442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongi covers 94.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongi falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dongi is Kargi Road, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dongi.

Dongi is about 30 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongi is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Ratanpur is about 8.8 km away. Kargi Road is about 11 km away. Kota is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohda (under 2 km), Birgahni (1.6 km) and Semra (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dongi today is likely to be higher.

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