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Dongargaon, Agar Malwa
Town
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Coordinates: 24°14′53″N 76°09′51″E / 24.2480895°N 76.1641574°E / 24.2480895; 76.1641574
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Agar Malwa
Tehsil	Susner
Gram Panchayat	Present Sarpanch is Gyankunwar Prem Singh Songara
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	465449
Telephone code	07361
Vehicle registration	MP 70
Sex ratio	1000/944 ♂/♀

Dongargaon, Agar Malwa is a town and a gram panchayat in the Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh. It is located on the Indore–Kota National Highway on the bank of Kali Sindh River.

Demographics

The 2001 Census of India recorded Dongargaon having 1,424 families. The 2011 Census of India showed a total population of 7,159 people (3,645 male, 3,514 female). Dongargaon's population of children between ages 0–6 was 913, composing 12.75% of the village's total population.

Of these inhabitants, 4323 were deemed literate, 2836 illiterate. The village's literacy rate of 69.21% is close to the average of 69.32% in Madhya Pradesh. Male literacy stood at 83.45% while the female rate was 54.58%.

As per the constitution of India and Panchyati Raj, Dongargaon is administrated by a sarpanch, who is the elected representative of village.

Schedule Castes constitute 24.89% of the population, while Schedule Tribes were 10.39% of the inhabitants.

In Dongargaon village, 3612 people were engaged in work activities. 60.55% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.45% were involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3,612 workers engaged in main work, 756 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 830 were agricultural labourers.

Religion

The town is predominantly Hindu; the 2011 Census of India reported 96% of inhabitants were Hindu and 4% Muslims.

References

1. "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
2. "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
3. "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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