About Dongaon Village

Dongaon is a mid sized village in Jamkhed tehsil, in the district of Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,793, made up of 956 males and 837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1371 hectares hectares.

Dongaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmadnagar
Tehsil	Jamkhed
Area (hectares)	1371 hectares
Population	1,793
Male Population	956
Female Population	837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 22nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,450 residents. Its 1371 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

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 15 km from Ahmadnagar, and the nearest railway station is Katol, about 4.8 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 town	Kātol	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Katol	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamkhed	15 km
District headquarters	Ahmadnagar	15 km

Villages closest to Dongaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jamkhed 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 1,793. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,450 residents.

Dongaon village has 956 males and 837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongaon has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Dongaon covers 1371 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongaon falls under Jamkhed tehsil of Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongaon is Katol, about 4.8 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 15 km from Ahmadnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongaon is in Jamkhed tehsil of Ahmadnagar district. Kātol is about 4.0 km away. Katol is about 4.8 km away. Jamkhed is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.