About Dongaon Village

Dongaon is a large village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,815, made up of 1,389 males and 1,426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1696.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongaon village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585211
Area (hectares)	1696.91 hectares
Population	2,815
Male Population	1,389
Female Population	1,426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongaon compares

By the 2011 count Dongaon is the 29th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 1696.91 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Dongaon

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

Dongaon lies about 51 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Malkhaid Road, about 13 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 Dongaon
Nearest railway station	Malkhaid Road	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	16 km
Nearest town	Chītāpur	16 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	51 km

Villages closest to Dongaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongaon village had a population of 2,815. That makes it the 29th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Dongaon village has 1,389 males and 1,426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongaon has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Dongaon is 585211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongaon covers 1696.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongaon falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Dongaon is Malkhaid Road, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dongaon.

Dongaon is about 51 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongaon is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Malkhaid Road is about 13 km away. Chitapur is about 16 km away. Chītāpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.