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About Kongera Village

Kongera is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 442 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kongera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kongera village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494441
Area (hectares) 548.4 hectares
Population 933
Male Population 442
Female Population 491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kongera compares

By the 2011 count Kongera is the 37th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 548.4 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Kongera

Kongera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kongera as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kongera from other places

Kongera lies about 97 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 62 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kongera
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 5.0 km
Nearest town Kānker 35 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 62 km
District headquarters Bastar 97 km

Villages closest to Kongera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Kongera

As per the Census of India 2011, Kongera village had a population of 933. That makes it the 37th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Kongera village has 442 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kongera has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Kongera is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kongera covers 548.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kongera falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kongera is Antagarh, about 62 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kongera.

Kongera is about 97 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kongera is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 5.0 km away. Kānker is about 35 km away. Antagarh is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korahobeda (1.8 km), Sonpur (2.9 km) and Korgaon (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kongera today is likely to be higher.

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