Dongargarh Tehsil - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Dongargarh is an administrative tehsil in the Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and forms part of the district's rural administration. The nearest railway station is situated at Dongargarh, while the nearest airport is Gondia Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 46.9 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the tehsil was 1,045 km², including 1,020.20 km² of rural area and 24.68 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 1014 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Dongargarh Tehsil

Dongargarh Tehsil has a total of 112 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Achholi	Rural	Achholi
2	Aliwara	Rural	Aliwara
3	Andi	Rural	Andi
4	Arbira	Rural	Paragaon Kala
5	Bachhera Batha	Rural	Bachherabhatha
6	Badhiyatola	Urban	Not applicable
7	Bakledi	Rural	Shivpuri
8	Barnara Kalan	Rural	Bamarakala
9	Barnara Khurd	Rural	Ghotiya
10	Basantpur	Rural	Saltikari
11	Belgaon	Rural	Belgaon
12	Bhaisra	Rural	Bhaisara
13	Bhandarpur	Rural	Bhandarpur
14	Bhanpuri	Rural	Bhanpuri
15	Bharritola	Rural	Chouthana
16	Bijnapur	Rural	Bijnapur
17	Bilhari	Rural	Bilhari
18	Bortalab	Rural	Bortalab
19	Chaity Khapri	Rural	Chaitukhapri
20	Chauthna	Rural	Chouthana
21	Chhapara	Rural	Saloni
22	Chhindijob	Rural	Bortalab
23	Chhipa	Rural	Chhipa
24	Chhirpani	Urban	Not applicable
25	Chhote Kusmi	Rural	Kushmi
26	Chiddo	Rural	Chiddo
27	Dangbora	Rural	Dhara
28	Daragaon	Rural	Kolendra
29	Deokatta	Rural	Devkatta
30	Dhara	Rural	Dhara
31	Dhusera	Rural	Dhusera
32	Dodki	Rural	Chhipa
33	Dongargarh	Urban	Not applicable
34	Gadabhawar	Rural	Kolihapuri (G)
35	Gajmarra	Rural	Gajmarra
36	Gatapar Khurd	Rural	Semhara
37	Ghikudiya	Rural	Totalbharri
38	Ghothiya	Rural	Ghotiya
39	Haransinghi	Rural	Haransinghi
40	Jamri	Rural	Jamri
41	Jarwahi	Rural	Sahaspur
42	Jatkanhar	Rural	Jatkanhar
43	Kalkasa	Rural	Kalkasa
44	Kanhargoan	Rural	Kanhargaon
45	Karwari	Rural	Karwari
46	Kasari	Rural	Kasari
47	Katalwahi	Rural	Riwagahan
48	Katalwahi	Rural	Katalwahi
49	Katli	Rural	Bhaisara
50	Kauhapani	Rural	Bortalab
51	Keshli	Rural	Chaitukhapri
52	Khaira	Rural	Khaira
53	Khairbana	Rural	Shivnikala
54	Khalari	Rural	Khalari
55	Kharkhatola	Rural	Chiddo
56	Kholareghat	Rural	Chouthana
57	Khudmudi	Rural	Khaira
58	Khursipar	Rural	Khursipar
59	Khursipar Khurd	Rural	Chouthana
60	Kohkattatola	Rural	Ghotiya
61	Kolendra	Rural	Kolendra
62	Kolihapuri	Rural	Kolihapuri (G)
63	Kurejhar	Rural	Bortalab
64	Kurrubhat	Rural	Kurrubhat
65	Kusmi	Rural	Kushmi
66	Lalbandha	Rural	Bamarakala
67	Lamanin Bhata	Rural	Maditarai
68	Latmarra	Rural	Kalkasa
69	Ledijob	Rural	Bachherabhatha
70	Lohjhari	Rural	Kalkasa
71	Manki	Rural	Puraina
72	Matekata	Rural	Pipariya
73	Meregaon	Rural	Khalari
74	Moditarai	Rural	Maditarai
75	Mohara	Rural	Mohara
76	Mudiya	Rural	Mudiya
77	Mudpar	Rural	Mudpar
78	Mundgaon	Rural	Mundgaon
79	Murarpani	Rural	Bortalab
80	Murmunda	Rural	Murmunda
81	Musara Kalan	Rural	Musarakala
82	Musra Khurd	Rural	Musarakala
83	Nagtarai	Rural	Nagtarai
84	Nawagaon Aniya	Rural	Pendri
85	Palandur	Rural	Palandur
86	Paniyajab	Rural	Bamarakala
87	Paragaon Kalan	Rural	Paragaon Kala
88	Paragaon Khurd	Rural	Paragaonkhurd
89	Pendri	Rural	Pendri
90	Pipariya	Rural	Pipariya
91	Piparkhar Khurd	Rural	Karwari
92	Purena	Rural	Puraina
93	Rajkatta	Rural	Kurrubhat
94	Ramnagar	Urban	Not applicable
95	Ranka	Rural	Raka
96	Raur Kasa	Rural	Bamarakala
97	Renga Kathera	Rural	Rengakathera
98	Riwagahan	Rural	Riwagahan
99	Runwatala	Rural	Ruatala
100	Sahaspur	Rural	Sahaspur
101	Saloni	Rural	Saloni
102	Saltikri	Rural	Saltikari
103	Sandidih	Rural	Kalkasa
104	Semhara	Rural	Semhara
105	Seoni Kalan	Rural	Shivnikala
106	Shivpuri	Rural	Shivpuri
107	Tendu Bhatha	Rural	Mudiya
108	Thakur Tola	Rural	Thakurtola(Ko)
109	Thekewa	Rural	Kasari
110	Totalbharri	Rural	Totalbharri
111	Udri Chhapar	Rural	Totalbharri
112	Vishnupur	Rural	Khursipar

Population of Dongargarh Tehsil

According to the 2011 Census, Dongargarh Tehsil had a total population of 2,08,117 people living in 43,194 households. The population comprised 1,03,321 males and 1,04,796 females, with an average population density of 199 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,08,117	1,70,745	37,372
Male Population	1,03,321	84,581	18,740
Female Population	1,04,796	86,164	18,632
Total Households	43,194	34,571	8,623
Population Density	199 / km²	167 / km²	1,514 / km²

Dongargarh Tehsil had 1,36,730 literate people and 28,173 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 23,885 and 53,513 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	28,173	24,105	4,068
Literate Population	1,36,730	1,07,560	29,170
Illiterate Population	71,387	63,185	8,202
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	23,885	15,397	8,488
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	53,513	50,629	2,884

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Dongargarh (डोंगरगढ़)
District	Rajnandgaon
State / UT	Chhattisgarh
Railway Station	Dongargarh
Total Area	1,045 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	1014
Total Population (2011)	2,08,117
Density	199/km²
Total Villages	112

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