Village · Armori, Gadchiroli
# Dongar Sawangi

Dongar Sawangi is a village in Armori sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted 1,402 people in 328 households, the 18th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.8%.
- 1,402 people (2011)
- 328 households
- 72.5% literacy
- 969 females per 1,000 males

## Dongar Sawangi PIN code and other codes

Dongar Sawangi falls in Armori sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.
- Community development block Armori
- Census village code 538573

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

## How far is Dongar Sawangi from nearby towns?
- Armori (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ) 27 km by road
- Desaiganj (nearest town) 29 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Dongar Sawangi?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Dongar Sawangi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service 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

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Deulgaon
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Armori
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ 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, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 18 h summer · 20 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dongar Sawangi known for?

About 63% of the 570 hectares of village land is sown, and 263 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Dongar Sawangi

Of every 100 households in Dongar Sawangi in 2011, 62 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dongar Sawangi · ■ Armori rural average
- Electricity for lighting 62% 69%
- Toilet within the home 37% 36%
- No toilet (open defecation) 63% 63%
- Tap water 1% 22%
- Drinking water within premises 7% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 13%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 84%
- Use banking services 78% 76%
- Television 24% 30%
- Mobile phone 16% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 37% 26%
- Own their home 99% 92%

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

## What is the population of Dongar Sawangi?

■ Dongar Sawangi · ■ Armori rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.5% 78.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 969 986
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 874 926
- Working population 78.7% 58.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 62.3% for women. 79% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 349 (32%) · ■ Farm labourers 187 (17%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 523 (47%) · ■ Marginal 44 (4%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Armori
- Pise Wadodha 1,612 people
- Churmura 1,513 people
- Injewari 1,492 people
- Pathargota 1,415 people
- Palasgaon 1,400 people
- Delanwadi 1,372 people
- Mohzari 1,366 people
- Bhakrondi 1,315 people

All 103 villages in Armori

## Quick answers
- How far is Dongar Sawangi from Gadchiroli? 27 km by road
- What is the population of Dongar Sawangi? 1,402 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongar Sawangi in? Gadchiroli district (Armori sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dongar Sawangi? 72.5% (Census 2011)

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