About Dongaria Village

Dongaria is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 122 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongaria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	54.88 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	122
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongaria compares

By the 2011 count Dongaria is the 85th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 54.88 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Dongaria

Dongaria is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dongaria as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dongaria from other places

Dongaria lies about 69 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshpur, about 24 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 Dongaria
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshpur	24 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	31 km
District headquarters	Giridih	69 km

Villages closest to Dongaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongaria village had a population of 229. That makes it the 85th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Dongaria village has 122 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongaria has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Dongaria is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongaria covers 54.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongaria falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dongaria is Maheshpur, about 24 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dongaria.

Dongaria is about 69 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongaria is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 7.7 km away. Maheshpur is about 24 km away. Kodarma is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.