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About Doongar Village

Doongar is a mid sized village in Garhi tehsil, in the district of Banswara, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 510, made up of 270 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 327022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doongar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doongar village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Banswara
Tehsil Garhi
Pincode 327022
Area (hectares) 73 hectares
Population 510
Male Population 270
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doongar compares

By the 2011 count Doongar is the 156th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 73 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Doongar

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

Doongar lies about 59 km from Banswara, and the nearest railway station is Shalashah Thana, about 49 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 Doongar
Nearest town Sāgwāra 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhi 32 km
Nearest railway station Shalashah Thana 49 km
District headquarters Banswara 59 km

Villages closest to Doongar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doongar village had a population of 510. That makes it the 156th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Doongar village has 270 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doongar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Doongar is 327022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doongar covers 73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Doongar falls under Garhi tehsil of Banswara district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Doongar is Shalashah Thana, about 49 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 village for Doongar.

Doongar is about 59 km from Banswara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doongar is in Garhi tehsil of Banswara district. Sāgwāra is about 30 km away. Garhi is about 32 km away. Shalashah Thana is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sangela (4.8 km), Chirolaphala Ojariya (5.9 km) and Haripura Ojariya (5.9 km).

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

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