About Dongaon Village

Dongaon is a large village in Jafferabad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,794, made up of 1,393 males and 1,401 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1024.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Jafferabad
Pincode	431208
Area (hectares)	1024.83 hectares
Population	2,794
Male Population	1,393
Female Population	1,401
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
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 9th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents. Its 1024.83 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

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 22 km from Jalna. 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	Deūlgaon Rāja	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jafferabad	22 km
District headquarters	Jalna	22 km

Villages closest to Dongaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jafferabad 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 2,794. That makes it the 9th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,631 residents.

Dongaon village has 1,393 males and 1,401 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongaon has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Dongaon is 431208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongaon covers 1024.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongaon falls under Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Dongaon notes the nearest railway station 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 22 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongaon is in Jafferabad tehsil of Jalna district. Deūlgaon Rāja is about 12 km away. Jafferabad is about 22 km away. Jalna is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.