About Dongarwadi Village

Dongarwadi is a mid sized village in Jawhar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 872, made up of 423 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1048.9 hectares hectares.

Dongarwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dongarwadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Jawhar
Area (hectares)	1048.9 hectares
Population	872
Male Population	423
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,061
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dongarwadi compares

By the 2011 count Dongarwadi is the 67th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 1048.9 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Dongarwadi

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

Dongarwadi lies about 76 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Umbermali, about 17 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 Dongarwadi
Nearest railway station	Umbermali	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawhar	22 km
Nearest town	Igatpuri	22 km
District headquarters	Thane	76 km

Villages closest to Dongarwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dongarwadi village had a population of 872. That makes it the 67th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Dongarwadi village has 423 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dongarwadi has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1035.

Dongarwadi covers 1048.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dongarwadi falls under Jawhar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dongarwadi is Umbermali, about 17 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 Dongarwadi.

Dongarwadi is about 76 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dongarwadi is in Jawhar tehsil of Thane district. Umbermali is about 17 km away. Jawhar is about 22 km away. Igatpuri is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.