About Dongargaon Village

Dongargaon is a mid sized village in Ambagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 393 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongargaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Ambagarh
Pincode	495220
Area (hectares)	398.89 hectares
Population	788
Male Population	393
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongargaon compares

By the 2011 count Dongargaon is the 43rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 398.89 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Dongargaon

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

Dongargaon lies about 23 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 19 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 Dongargaon
Nearest railway station	Bakal	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambagarh	23 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	23 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	23 km

Villages closest to Dongargaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongargaon village had a population of 788. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Dongargaon village has 393 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongargaon has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Dongargaon is 495220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongargaon covers 398.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongargaon falls under Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dongargaon is Bakal, about 19 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 Dongargaon.

Dongargaon is about 23 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongargaon is in Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 19 km away. Ambagarh is about 23 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.