# Dongargaon Village, Mhow, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Mhow, Indore 

# Dongargaon

Dongargaon is a village in Mhow sub-district of Indore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,091 people in 541 households**, the 18th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 3,091people (2011)
- 541households
- 68.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Dongargaon PIN code and other codes

Dongargaon falls in Mhow sub-district, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMhow
- Census village code476394

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

## How far is Dongargaon from nearby towns?

- Mhow (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Indore (district HQ)31 km by road
- Mhowgaon (nearest town)3 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 Dongargaon?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Dongargaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Indore
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Dongargaon known for?

The main crops are **soyabean**. About 55% of the 329 hectares of village land is sown, and 65 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 Dongargaon

Of every 100 households in Dongargaon in 2011, 96 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dongargaon · ■ Mhow rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**53%

Tap water ****42%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**68%

Use banking services ****46%**

**48%

Television ****65%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**32%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

Own their home ****77%**

**87%

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 Dongargaon?

■ Dongargaon · ■ Mhow rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**69.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**929

Working population ****36.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 59.5% for women. 51% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (22%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 666 (59%) · **■** Marginal 186 (16%)

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 Mhow

- Umariya3,355 people
- Kelod3,283 people
- Amba Chandan3,185 people
- Choral3,184 people
- Kamadpur2,989 people
- Memdi2,708 people
- Gangaliya Khedi2,612 people
- Bheslay2,404 people

[All 172 villages in Mhow](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/indore/mhow/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dongargaon from Indore?31 km by road
- What is the population of Dongargaon?3,091 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongargaon in?Indore district (Mhow sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dongargaon?68.5% (Census 2011)
