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About Tarpongi Village

Tarpongi is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 240 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarpongi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarpongi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Bagbahra
Pincode 493555
Area (hectares) 286.2 hectares
Population 492
Male Population 240
Female Population 252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tarpongi compares

By the 2011 count Tarpongi is the 149th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 286.2 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Tarpongi

Tarpongi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tarpongi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tarpongi from other places

Tarpongi lies about 14 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Arand, about 5.3 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 Tarpongi
Nearest railway station Arand 5.3 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 14 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagbahra 18 km

Villages closest to Tarpongi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarpongi village had a population of 492. That makes it the 149th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Tarpongi village has 240 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarpongi has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Tarpongi is 493555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarpongi covers 286.2 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.

Tarpongi falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tarpongi is Arand, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Tarpongi.

Tarpongi is about 14 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarpongi is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Arand is about 5.3 km away. Mahasamund is about 14 km away. Mahāsamund is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Churki (under 2 km), Nawagaon (under 2 km) and Nawagaon Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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