About Bongadag Village

Bongadag is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 336 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bongadag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongadag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825103
Area (hectares)	537 hectares
Population	644
Male Population	336
Female Population	308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bongadag compares

By the 2011 count Bongadag is the 58th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 537 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bongadag

Bongadag is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bongadag as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bongadag from other places

Bongadag lies about 41 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 13 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 Bongadag
Nearest railway station	Kansar Nawadah	13 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	27 km
District headquarters	Chatra	41 km

Villages closest to Bongadag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongadag village had a population of 644. That makes it the 58th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Bongadag village has 336 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongadag has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Bongadag is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bongadag covers 537 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.

Bongadag falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bongadag is Kansar Nawadah, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Bongadag.

Bongadag is about 41 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongadag is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Kansar Nawadah is about 13 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 19 km away. Simaria is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.