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About Dongargaon Village

Dongargaon is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 584, made up of 289 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.13 hectares hectares.

Dongargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongargaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 342.13 hectares
Population 584
Male Population 289
Female Population 295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Dongargaon compares

By the 2011 count Dongargaon is the 168th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 342.13 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 999.

Getting to Dongargaon

The census records public bus service for Dongargaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dongargaon from other places

Dongargaon lies about 72 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Jobat, about 27 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 Kukshi 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Jobat 27 km
District headquarters Dhar 72 km

Villages closest to Dongargaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongargaon village had a population of 584. That makes it the 168th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Dongargaon village has 289 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongargaon has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Dongargaon covers 342.13 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.

Dongargaon falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dongargaon is Jobat, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dongargaon.

Dongargaon is about 72 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongargaon is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 2.5 km away. Jobat is about 27 km away. Dhar is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurd Digpura (1.9 km), Talanpur (2.2 km) and Roja (2.4 km).

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

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