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About Dungara Village

Dungara is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 34 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,206 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dungara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dungara village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 40 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 34
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,206
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dungara compares

By the 2011 count Dungara is the 253rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 40 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Dungara

Dungara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dungara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dungara from other places

Dungara lies about 23 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 56 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 Dungara
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 23 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 23 km
Nearest town Tehri 23 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 56 km

Villages closest to Dungara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dungara village had a population of 75. That makes it the 253rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Dungara village has 34 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dungara has about 1206 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Dungara is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dungara covers 40 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dungara falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dungara is Harrawala, about 56 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dungara.

Dungara is about 23 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dungara is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 23 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 23 km away. Tehri is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dal Dung (under 2 km), Kaulyadhar (3.7 km) and Sirwari (5.7 km).

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

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