About Dongargaon Village

Dongargaon is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 263 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1404.86 hectares hectares.

Dongargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongargaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Kirnapur
Area (hectares)	1404.86 hectares
Population	531
Male Population	263
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
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 Dongargaon compares

By the 2011 count Dongargaon is the 100th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 1404.86 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Dongargaon

Dongargaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dongargaon 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 Dongargaon from other places

Dongargaon lies about 34 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Birsola, about 20 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kirnapur	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Birsola	20 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	25 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	34 km

Villages closest to Dongargaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kirnapur 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 531. That makes it the 100th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Dongargaon village has 263 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongargaon has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Dongargaon covers 1404.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongargaon falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dongargaon is Birsola, about 20 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 Dongargaon.

Dongargaon is about 34 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongargaon is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 8.3 km away. Birsola is about 20 km away. Gondiā is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.