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About Dongariya Village

Dongariya is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,573, made up of 911 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.17 hectares hectares.

Dongariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongariya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 494.17 hectares
Population 1,573
Male Population 911
Female Population 662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 727
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dongariya compares

By the 2011 count Dongariya is the 37th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 494.17 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 1020.

Getting to Dongariya

Dongariya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dongariya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dongariya from other places

Dongariya lies about 7.7 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Kaydi Halt, about 3.0 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 Dongariya
Nearest railway station Kaydi Halt 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 7.7 km
District headquarters Balaghat 7.7 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 7.7 km

Villages closest to Dongariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongariya village had a population of 1,573. That makes it the 37th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Dongariya village has 911 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongariya has about 727 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Dongariya covers 494.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongariya falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dongariya is Kaydi Halt, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dongariya.

Dongariya is about 7.7 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongariya is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Kaydi Halt is about 3.0 km away. Lalbarra is about 7.7 km away. Balaghat is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lendejhari (under 2 km), Barbaspur (1.9 km) and Manjhapur (2.7 km).

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

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