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About Tongpalli Village

Tongpalli is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 192 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1117.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tongpalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tongpalli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Konta
Pincode 494122
Area (hectares) 1117.27 hectares
Population 391
Male Population 192
Female Population 199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tongpalli compares

By the 2011 count Tongpalli is the 75th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 1117.27 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Tongpalli

Tongpalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tongpalli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Tongpalli from other places

Tongpalli lies about 28 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 24 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 Tongpalli
Nearest railway station Kaklur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Konta 28 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 28 km
Nearest town Malakanagiri 41 km

Villages closest to Tongpalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tongpalli village had a population of 391. That makes it the 75th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Tongpalli village has 192 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tongpalli has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Tongpalli is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tongpalli covers 1117.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tongpalli falls under Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tongpalli is Kaklur, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance for Tongpalli.

Tongpalli is about 28 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tongpalli is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kaklur is about 24 km away. Konta is about 28 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dabbakonta (7.7 km), Dabbapad (7.7 km) and Chikpalli (9.1 km).

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

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