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About Dongarla Village

Dongarla is a mid sized village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,895, made up of 935 males and 960 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.57 hectares hectares.

Dongarla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongarla village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Tumsar
Area (hectares) 412.57 hectares
Population 1,895
Male Population 935
Female Population 960
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dongarla compares

By the 2011 count Dongarla is the 28th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 412.57 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Dongarla

Dongarla 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 Dongarla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dongarla from other places

Dongarla lies about 29 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Tumsar Town, about 3.9 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 Dongarla
Nearest railway station Tumsar Town 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Tumsar 4.7 km
District headquarters Bhandara 29 km

Villages closest to Dongarla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongarla village had a population of 1,895. That makes it the 28th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Dongarla village has 935 males and 960 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongarla has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Dongarla covers 412.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongarla falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongarla is Tumsar Town, about 3.9 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 km distance for Dongarla.

Dongarla is about 29 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongarla is in Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Tumsar Town is about 3.9 km away. Tumsar is about 4.7 km away. Bhandara is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Navargaon (under 2 km), Khairlanji (1.9 km) and Umar Wada (2.3 km).

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

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