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About Dhandongri Village

Dhandongri is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,274, made up of 637 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhandongri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhandongri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 493559
Area (hectares) 519.52 hectares
Population 1,274
Male Population 637
Female Population 637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhandongri compares

By the 2011 count Dhandongri is the 44th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 519.52 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Dhandongri

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

Dhandongri lies about 30 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 8.4 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 Dhandongri
Nearest railway station Dongargarh 8.4 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 30 km

Villages closest to Dhandongri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhandongri village had a population of 1,274. That makes it the 44th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Dhandongri village has 637 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhandongri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Dhandongri is 493559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhandongri covers 519.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhandongri falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhandongri is Dongargarh, about 8.4 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 Dhandongri.

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

Dhandongri is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 8.4 km away. Rajnandgaon 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 Jhandatalab (2.1 km), Manikpur (2.3 km) and Motipur (2.4 km).

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

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