About Tongras Village

Tongras is a small village in Sukma tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 152 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tongras Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tongras village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Sukma
Pincode	494111
Area (hectares)	495.75 hectares
Population	329
Male Population	152
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,164
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tongras compares

By the 2011 count Tongras is the 42nd largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 980 residents. Its 495.75 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1086.

Getting to Tongras

Tongras is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tongras 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 Tongras from other places

Tongras lies about 25 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 35 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 Tongras
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sukma	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	35 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	35 km

Villages closest to Tongras

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tongras village had a population of 329. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 980 residents.

Tongras village has 152 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tongras has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Tongras is 494111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tongras covers 495.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tongras falls under Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tongras is Kirandul, about 35 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 Tongras.

Tongras is about 25 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.

Tongras is in Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 25 km away. Sukma is about 28 km away. Kirandul is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.