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About Dungri Village

Dungri is a mid sized village in Jirapur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 870, made up of 428 males and 442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.62 hectares hectares.

Dungri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dungri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Jirapur
Area (hectares) 290.62 hectares
Population 870
Male Population 428
Female Population 442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Dungri compares

By the 2011 count Dungri is the 60th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 290.62 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Dungri

The census records public bus service for Dungri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Dungri from other places

Dungri lies about 46 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 44 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 Dungri
Tehsil headquarters Jirapur 16 km
Nearest railway station Jhalarapatan 44 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 46 km

Villages closest to Dungri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dungri village had a population of 870. That makes it the 60th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Dungri village has 428 males and 442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dungri has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Dungri covers 290.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dungri falls under Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dungri is Jhalarapatan, about 44 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 10+ km distance for Dungri.

Dungri is about 46 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dungri is in Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Jirapur is about 16 km away. Jhalarapatan is about 44 km away. Rajgarh is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banda (1.8 km), Kachnaria (3.0 km) and Jharanya (3.6 km).

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

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