Village · Bengabad, Giridih
# Dondo

Dondo is a village in Bengabad sub-district of Giridih district, Jharkhand, PIN code 815312. The 2011 Census counted 1,088 people in 210 households, the 39th largest of 231 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.3%.
- 1,088 people (2011)
- 210 households
- 47.2% literacy
- 815312 PIN code

## Dondo PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Dondo is 815312. Dondo falls in Bengabad sub-district, Giridih district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 815312
- Gram panchayat Manjori
- Community development block Bengabad
- Census village code 351629

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Dondo from nearby towns?
- Bengabad (sub-district HQ) 7 km by road
- Giridih15 (district HQ) 15 km by road
- Giridih (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Dondo?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Dondo; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Bengabad
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Giridih
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station under 5 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dondo known for?

The main crops are rice.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Dondo

Of every 100 households in Dondo in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dondo · ■ Bengabad rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 33%
- Toilet within the home 0% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 13%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 76%
- Use banking services 50% 50%
- Television 1% 12%
- Mobile phone 43% 53%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 15%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dondo?

■ Dondo · ■ Bengabad rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 47.2% 59.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 967 939
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1043 928
- Working population 53.8% 54.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.9% for men and 39.2% for women. 58% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 67 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 8 (1%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 109 (19%) · ■ Marginal 393 (67%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bengabad
- Madnatanr Alias Kanduagarha 1,140 people
- Mahtodih 1,119 people
- Harkhudih 1,110 people
- Mundhari 1,089 people
- Sathibad 1,084 people
- Jaruwadih 1,083 people
- Phursodih 1,053 people
- Charghara 1,047 people

All 257 villages in Bengabad

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Dondo? 815312
- How far is Dondo from Giridih15? 15 km by road
- What is the population of Dondo? 1,088 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dondo in? Giridih district (Bengabad sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dondo? 47.2% (Census 2011)

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