About Dongargaon Village

Dongargaon is a mid sized village in Lakhani tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 567, made up of 303 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441809, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongargaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Lakhani
Pincode	441809
Area (hectares)	488.49 hectares
Population	567
Male Population	303
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 66th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents. Its 488.49 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Dongargaon

Dongargaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dongargaon 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 Dongargaon from other places

Dongargaon lies about 19 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Tumsar Road Junction, about 9.5 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
Nearest town	Tumsar	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Tumsar Road Junction	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhani	19 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	19 km

Villages closest to Dongargaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhani 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 567. That makes it the 66th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents.

Dongargaon village has 303 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongargaon has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Dongargaon is 441809. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongargaon covers 488.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongargaon falls under Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongargaon is Tumsar Road Junction, about 9.5 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 Dongargaon.

Dongargaon is about 19 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongargaon is in Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district. Tumsar is about 8.9 km away. Tumsar Road Junction is about 9.5 km away. Lakhani is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.