About Tongkongera Village

Tongkongera is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 860, made up of 415 males and 445 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 778.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tongkongera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tongkongera village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	778.01 hectares
Population	860
Male Population	415
Female Population	445
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,072
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tongkongera compares

By the 2011 count Tongkongera is the 66th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 778.01 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1019.

Getting to Tongkongera

Tongkongera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tongkongera as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Tongkongera from other places

Tongkongera lies about 18 km from Bastar. 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 Tongkongera
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	18 km
District headquarters	Bastar	18 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	29 km

Villages closest to Tongkongera

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

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Common questions about Tongkongera

As per the Census of India 2011, Tongkongera village had a population of 860. That makes it the 66th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Tongkongera village has 415 males and 445 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tongkongera has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Tongkongera is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tongkongera covers 778.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tongkongera falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Tongkongera notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tongkongera.

Tongkongera is about 18 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tongkongera is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 18 km away. Bastar is about 18 km away. Jagdalpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.