About Thonga Village

Thonga is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 203 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thonga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thonga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	492112
Area (hectares)	140.46 hectares
Population	409
Male Population	203
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thonga compares

By the 2011 count Thonga is the 181st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 140.46 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Thonga

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

Thonga lies about 22 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 14 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 Thonga
Nearest railway station	Bhimkhoj	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	18 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	22 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	22 km

Villages closest to Thonga

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.

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Common questions about Thonga

As per the Census of India 2011, Thonga village had a population of 409. That makes it the 181st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Thonga village has 203 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thonga has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Thonga is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thonga covers 140.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thonga falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Thonga is Bhimkhoj, about 14 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 Thonga.

Thonga is about 22 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thonga is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bhimkhoj is about 14 km away. Bagbahra is about 18 km away. Mahasamund is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.