About Dongapani Village

Dongapani is a mid sized village in Bansjor tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,080, made up of 560 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 905 hectares hectares.

Dongapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongapani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bansjor
Area (hectares)	905 hectares
Population	1,080
Male Population	560
Female Population	520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongapani compares

By the 2011 count Dongapani is the 12th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,343 residents. Its 905 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Dongapani

Dongapani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dongapani as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dongapani from other places

Dongapani lies about 31 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Biramitrapur, about 7.0 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 Dongapani
Tehsil headquarters	Bansjor	5.2 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Biramitrapur	7.0 km
District headquarters	Simdega	31 km

Villages closest to Dongapani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongapani village had a population of 1,080. That makes it the 12th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,343 residents.

Dongapani village has 560 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongapani has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Dongapani covers 905 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongapani falls under Bansjor tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dongapani is Biramitrapur, about 7.0 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 10+ km distance for Dongapani.

Dongapani is about 31 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongapani is in Bansjor tehsil of Simdega district. Bansjor is about 5.2 km away. Birmitrapur is about 6.5 km away. Biramitrapur is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.