About Dongarla Village

Dongarla is a small village in Chimur tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 412, made up of 223 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.02 hectares hectares.

Dongarla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongarla village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Chimur
Area (hectares)	169.02 hectares
Population	412
Male Population	223
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongarla compares

By the 2011 count Dongarla is the 105th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents. Its 169.02 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Dongarla

Dongarla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dongarla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dongarla from other places

Dongarla lies about 75 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Bhiwapur, about 24 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chimur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bhiwapur	24 km
Nearest town	Umred	26 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	75 km

Villages closest to Dongarla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongarla village had a population of 412. That makes it the 105th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents.

Dongarla village has 223 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongarla has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Dongarla covers 169.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongarla falls under Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongarla is Bhiwapur, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dongarla.

Dongarla is about 75 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongarla is in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chimur is about 15 km away. Bhiwapur is about 24 km away. Umred is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.