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About Dandgaon Village

Dandgaon is a mid sized village in Maregaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 327 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604.9 hectares hectares.

Dandgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Maregaon
Area (hectares) 604.9 hectares
Population 615
Male Population 327
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dandgaon compares

By the 2011 count Dandgaon is the 50th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 755 residents. Its 604.9 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Dandgaon

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

Dandgaon lies about 86 km from Yavatmal. 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 Dandgaon
Nearest town Warora 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Maregaon 18 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 86 km

Villages closest to Dandgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandgaon village had a population of 615. That makes it the 50th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 755 residents.

Dandgaon village has 327 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandgaon has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Dandgaon covers 604.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dandgaon falls under Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Dandgaon notes the nearest railway station 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 Dandgaon.

Dandgaon is about 86 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandgaon is in Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Warora is about 7.3 km away. Maregaon is about 18 km away. Yavatmal is about 86 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Goraj (under 2 km), Apati (1.9 km) and Mukata (2.5 km).

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

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