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About Dongargaon Village

Dongargaon is a mid sized village in Mukhed tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,235, made up of 644 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongargaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Mukhed
Pincode 431715
Area (hectares) 221.99 hectares
Population 1,235
Male Population 644
Female Population 591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
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 90th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents. Its 221.99 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 935.

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 97 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 16 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 railway station Kamalnagar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukhed 20 km
Nearest town Udgīr 25 km
District headquarters Nanded 97 km

Villages closest to Dongargaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongargaon village had a population of 1,235. That makes it the 90th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents.

Dongargaon village has 644 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongargaon has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Dongargaon is 431715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongargaon covers 221.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dongargaon falls under Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongargaon is Kamalnagar, about 16 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 97 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 Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district. Kamalnagar is about 16 km away. Mukhed is about 20 km away. Udgīr is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sawargaon (10 km), Hokarna (11 km) and Indiranagar (15 km).

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

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