# Dongar Mendha Village, Desaiganj, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Desaiganj, Gadchiroli 

# Dongar Mendha

Dongar Mendha is a village in Desaiganj sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **443 people in 135 households**, the 26th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.9%.

- 443people (2011)
- 135households
- 78.3%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Dongar Mendha PIN code and other codes

Dongar Mendha falls in Desaiganj sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDesaiganj
- Census village code538480

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

## How far is Dongar Mendha from nearby towns?

- Desaiganj (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)68 km by road
- Desaiganj (nearest town)13 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 Dongar Mendha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Koregaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Desaiganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Desaiganj
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Dongar Mendha known for?

About 43% of the 482 hectares of village land is sown, and 52 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 Dongar Mendha

Of every 100 households in Dongar Mendha in 2011, 62 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dongar Mendha · ■ Desaiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****91%**

**75%

Television ****7%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Dongar Mendha?

■ Dongar Mendha · ■ Desaiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**79.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****759**

**983

Working population ****69.1%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 66.7% for women. 68% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 297 (97%)

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 Desaiganj

- Usegaon802 people
- Ravanwadi758 people
- Chikhali501 people
- Vithalgaon489 people
- Fari432 people
- Chikhali Tukum380 people
- Rampur Tukum10 people
- Kalamgaon4 people

[All 36 villages in Desaiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/desaiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dongar Mendha from Gadchiroli?68 km by road
- What is the population of Dongar Mendha?443 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongar Mendha in?Gadchiroli district (Desaiganj sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dongar Mendha?78.3% (Census 2011)