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About Don Village

Don is a small village in Ambegaon tehsil, in the district of Pune, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 230 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 754.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 412508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Don Overview

Census 2011 figures for Don village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Pune
Tehsil Ambegaon
Pincode 412508
Area (hectares) 754.15 hectares
Population 439
Male Population 230
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Don compares

By the 2011 count Don is the 111th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,518 residents. Its 754.15 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Don

Don is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Don 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 Don from other places

Don lies about 72 km from Pune, and the nearest railway station is Shelu, 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 Don
Nearest railway station Shelu 16 km
Nearest town Karjat 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Ambegaon 28 km
District headquarters Pune 72 km

Villages closest to Don

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Don village had a population of 439. That makes it the 111th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,518 residents.

Don village has 230 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Don has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Don is 412508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Don covers 754.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Don falls under Ambegaon tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Don is Shelu, 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 Don.

Don is about 72 km from Pune in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Don is in Ambegaon tehsil of Pune district. Shelu is about 16 km away. Karjat is about 22 km away. Ambegaon is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadewadi (4.2 km), Ambedara (4.7 km) and Jambhori (4.7 km).

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

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