Dongaste
Wada block · Palghar
district, Maharashtra · PIN 421312
· village code 552088
Population 2011
600
Census of India
Population 2020
787
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.2%
187 people · 3.1% a year
Households
157
+25.6% vs 125 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
600
Male / female
318 / 282
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
887
Children aged 0–6
66
Literacy rate
67.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
23 / 191
Working population
315
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.9%
Households
125
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
20
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
154
Non-farm households
3
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 25 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dongaste panchayat, Wada zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹28.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.51 lakh
Received directly
₹64,481
Spent
₹16.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.51 lakh · received ₹1.61 lakh · spent ₹8.11 lakh · left ₹6.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.95 lakh · received ₹2.90 lakh · spent ₹8.04 lakh · left ₹10.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.5495, 73.2306 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Dolivpada
compare · Dongare
compare · Dongari
compare · Dongarwadi
compare · Durves
compare · Edwan
compare · Embur Airambi
compare · GOVANE
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Palghar district ·
School
staffing across Palghar ·
…and across Maharashtra