# Dongargaon Village, Kannad, Aurangabad (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kannad, Aurangabad 

# Dongargaon

Dongargaon is a village in Kannad sub-district of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **923 people in 184 households**, the 116th largest of 209 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 923people (2011)
- 184households
- 72.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Dongargaon PIN code and other codes

Dongargaon falls in Kannad sub-district, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKannad
- Census village code548396

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?

- Kannad (sub-district HQ)42 km by road
- Aurangabad (district HQ)55 km by road
- Kannad (nearest town)42 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?

10 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 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mohara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Aurangabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Aurangabad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 **cotton, wheat and gram**. About 76% of the 472 hectares of village land is sown, and 358 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, 92 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dongargaon · ■ Kannad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****51%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**86%

Use banking services ****94%**

**62%

Television ****39%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**91%

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 · ■ Kannad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**856

Working population ****55.7%**

**50.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 56.7% for women. 57% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 394 (77%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (14%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 23 (4%)

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 Kannad

- Telwadi946 people
- Athegaon934 people
- Nipani933 people
- Takli932 people
- Bramhani Garada912 people
- Aurali901 people
- Wadgaon900 people
- Borsar Kh.892 people

[All 211 villages in Kannad](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/aurangabad/kannad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dongargaon from Aurangabad?55 km by road
- What is the population of Dongargaon?923 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongargaon in?Aurangabad district (Kannad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dongargaon?72.4% (Census 2011)