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About Dongitarai Village

Dongitarai is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,275, made up of 617 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, 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 Saja
Pincode 491993
Area (hectares) 449.5 hectares
Population 1,275
Male Population 617
Female Population 658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongitarai compares

By the 2011 count Dongitarai is the 18th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 449.5 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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 <5 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 Dongitarai from other places

Dongitarai lies about 53 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 51 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
Tehsil headquarters Saja under 2 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 23 km
Nearest railway station Tilda-Neora 51 km
District headquarters Durg 53 km

Villages closest to Dongitarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongitarai village had a population of 1,275. That makes it the 18th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Dongitarai village has 617 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongitarai has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Dongitarai is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongitarai covers 449.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongitarai falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dongitarai is Tilda-Neora, about 51 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 <5 km distance for Dongitarai.

Dongitarai is about 53 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 Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about under 2 km away. Bemetāra is about 23 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jata (1.8 km), Bod (2.7 km) and Khurusbod (2.7 km).

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

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