About Pongro Village

Pongro is a large village in Kansabel tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,812, made up of 1,392 males and 1,420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 985.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pongro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pongro village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Kansabel
Pincode	494447
Area (hectares)	985.43 hectares
Population	2,812
Male Population	1,392
Female Population	1,420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pongro compares

By the 2011 count Pongro is the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,250 residents. Its 985.43 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Pongro

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

Pongro lies about 52 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Dharamjaigarh Road, about 60 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 Pongro
Tehsil headquarters	Kansabel	4.5 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	52 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	52 km
Nearest railway station	Dharamjaigarh Road	60 km

Villages closest to Pongro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pongro village had a population of 2,812. That makes it the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,250 residents.

Pongro village has 1,392 males and 1,420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pongro has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Pongro is 494447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pongro covers 985.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pongro falls under Kansabel tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pongro is Dharamjaigarh Road, about 60 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 Pongro.

Pongro is about 52 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pongro is in Kansabel tehsil of Jashpur district. Kansabel is about 4.5 km away. Jashpur is about 52 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.