# Dongitarai Village, Saja, Durg (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Saja, Durg 

# Dongitarai

Dongitarai is a village in Saja sub-district of Durg district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491993**. The 2011 Census counted **1,275 people in 240 households**, the 18th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 1,275people (2011)
- 240households
- 72.7%literacy
- 491993PIN code

## Dongitarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dongitarai is 491993.** Dongitarai falls in Saja sub-district, Durg district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491993
- Gram panchayatDongitarai
- Community development blockSaja
- Census village code442085

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dongitarai from nearby towns?

- Saja (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Durg (district HQ)60 km by road
- Saja (nearest town)1 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dongitarai?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Dongitarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Saja
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Saja
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Parpondi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dongitarai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, gram and wheat**. About 85% of the 450 hectares of village land is sown, and 322 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dongitarai

Of every 100 households in Dongitarai in 2011, 84 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dongitarai · ■ Saja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**89%

Tap water ****7%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**99%

Use banking services ****39%**

**48%

Television ****41%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dongitarai?

■ Dongitarai · ■ Saja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**956

Working population ****51.2%**

**51.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 63.7% for women. 54% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (35%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (6%) · **■** Marginal 172 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Saja

- Harduwa1,382 people
- Kandai1,353 people
- Rano1,297 people
- Luk1,278 people
- Beeranpur1,271 people
- Hathidob1,266 people
- Nawagaon1,254 people
- Somai Kalan1,217 people

[All 109 villages in Saja](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/durg/saja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dongitarai?491993
- How far is Dongitarai from Durg?60 km by road
- What is the population of Dongitarai?1,275 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongitarai in?Durg district (Saja sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Dongitarai?72.7% (Census 2011)