# Dongarhur Village, Dhanora, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Dhanora, Gadchiroli 

# Dongarhur

Dongarhur is a village in Dhanora sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **47 people in 8 households**, the 200th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 47people (2011)
- 8households
- 44.4%literacy
- 679females per 1,000 males

## Dongarhur PIN code and other codes

Dongarhur falls in Dhanora sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDhanora
- Census village code538941

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

## How far is Dongarhur from nearby towns?

- Dhanora (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)55 km by road
- Gadchiroli (nearest town)63 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 Dongarhur?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Dongarhur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Yerkad
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dhanora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dhanora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Dongarhur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 62% of the 29 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Dongarhur

Of every 100 households in Dongarhur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dongarhur · ■ Dhanora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**14%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****88%**

**78%

Television ****0%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dongarhur?

■ Dongarhur · ■ Dhanora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****679**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**972

Working population ****55.3%**

**58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.0% for men and 35.7% for women. 54% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 16 (62%) · **■** Marginal 10 (38%)

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 Dhanora

- Singapur58 people
- Padaboriya56 people
- Bhusamkudo50 people
- Kisner48 people
- Kehakawahimal46 people
- Horakasa43 people
- Yedampayli42 people
- Warkekasa38 people

[All 228 villages in Dhanora](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/dhanora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dongarhur from Gadchiroli?55 km by road
- What is the population of Dongarhur?47 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dongarhur in?Gadchiroli district (Dhanora sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dongarhur?44.4% (Census 2011)