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About Dungar Village

Dungar is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 114 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,281 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dungar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dungar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Ukhimath
Pincode 246419
Area (hectares) 82.95 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 114
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,281
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dungar compares

By the 2011 count Dungar is the 108th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 82.95 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Dungar

Dungar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dungar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dungar from other places

Dungar lies about 21 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 83 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 Dungar
Tehsil headquarters Ukhimath 7.4 km
District headquarters Rudraprayag 21 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 37 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 83 km

Villages closest to Dungar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dungar village had a population of 260. That makes it the 108th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Dungar village has 114 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dungar has about 1281 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Dungar is 246419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dungar covers 82.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dungar falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dungar is Rishikesh, about 83 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dungar.

Dungar is about 21 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dungar is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 7.4 km away. Rudraprayag is about 21 km away. Srīnagar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dungar Semala (under 2 km), Bhatwari (under 2 km) and Bhatwari Sunar (under 2 km).

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

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