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About Dongjharan Village

Dongjharan is a small village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 81 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 592.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongjharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongjharan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Manora
Pincode 496330
Area (hectares) 592.74 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 81
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,136
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongjharan compares

By the 2011 count Dongjharan is the 89th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 592.74 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Dongjharan

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

Dongjharan lies about 16 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Kanaroan, about 66 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 Dongjharan
District headquarters Jashpur 16 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Manora 30 km
Nearest railway station Kanaroan 66 km

Villages closest to Dongjharan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongjharan village had a population of 173. That makes it the 89th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Dongjharan village has 81 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongjharan has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Dongjharan is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongjharan covers 592.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongjharan falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dongjharan is Kanaroan, about 66 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 Dongjharan.

Dongjharan is about 16 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongjharan is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Jashpur is about 16 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 16 km away. Manora is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karadari (under 2 km), Karanpur (under 2 km) and Harra Dipa (13 km).

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

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