About Dongargaon Village

Dongargaon is a large village in Loha tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,374, made up of 1,236 males and 1,138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1063.38 hectares hectares.

Dongargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongargaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Loha
Area (hectares)	1063.38 hectares
Population	2,374
Male Population	1,236
Female Population	1,138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
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 24th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents. Its 1063.38 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

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 48 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Gangakher, about 38 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	Kandahār	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Loha	17 km
Nearest railway station	Gangakher	38 km
District headquarters	Nanded	48 km

Villages closest to Dongargaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Loha 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 2,374. That makes it the 24th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents.

Dongargaon village has 1,236 males and 1,138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongargaon has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Dongargaon covers 1063.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongargaon falls under Loha tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongargaon is Gangakher, about 38 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 48 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongargaon is in Loha tehsil of Nanded district. Kandahār is about 15 km away. Loha is about 17 km away. Gangakher is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.