About Tungun Village

Tungun is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 291 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tungun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tungun village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	473.83 hectares
Population	570
Male Population	291
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tungun compares

By the 2011 count Tungun is the 35th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 473.83 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Tungun

Tungun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tungun as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Tungun from other places

Tungun lies about 15 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 28 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 Tungun
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	15 km
District headquarters	Chatra	15 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	15 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	28 km

Villages closest to Tungun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tungun village had a population of 570. That makes it the 35th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Tungun village has 291 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tungun has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Tungun is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tungun covers 473.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tungun falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tungun is Shivpur, about 28 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Tungun.

Tungun is about 15 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tungun is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 15 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Chatrā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.