About Dongar Village

Dongar is a small village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 499, made up of 225 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,218 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dongar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Rajapur
Pincode	416702
Area (hectares)	527 hectares
Population	499
Male Population	225
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,218
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongar compares

By the 2011 count Dongar is the 124th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 527 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Dongar

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

Dongar lies about 31 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Saundal, about 27 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 Dongar
Tehsil headquarters	Rajapur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Saundal	27 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	31 km

Villages closest to Dongar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongar village had a population of 499. That makes it the 124th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Dongar village has 225 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongar has about 1218 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1229.

The pincode recorded for Dongar is 416702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dongar covers 527 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongar falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongar is Saundal, about 27 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 Dongar.

Dongar is about 31 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongar is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Rajapur is about 17 km away. Saundal is about 27 km away. Ratnagiri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.