About Dongitarai Village

Dongitarai is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 323 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongitarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongitarai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	301.71 hectares
Population	625
Male Population	323
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongitarai compares

By the 2011 count Dongitarai is the 125th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 301.71 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Dongitarai

Dongitarai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dongitarai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dongitarai from other places

Dongitarai lies about 32 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 7.8 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 Dongitarai
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	9.0 km
Nearest town	Balod	27 km
District headquarters	Durg	32 km

Villages closest to Dongitarai

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

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Common questions about Dongitarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongitarai village had a population of 625. That makes it the 125th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Dongitarai village has 323 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongitarai has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Dongitarai is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongitarai covers 301.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongitarai falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dongitarai is Gundardehi, about 7.8 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 village for Dongitarai.

Dongitarai is about 32 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongitarai is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 7.8 km away. Gunderdehi is about 9.0 km away. Balod is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.