About Bongagarha Village

Bongagarha is a small village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 64 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825383, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bongagarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongagarha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825383
Area (hectares)	181 hectares
Population	138
Male Population	64
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,156
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bongagarha compares

By the 2011 count Bongagarha is the 87th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 181 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Bongagarha

Bongagarha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bongagarha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bongagarha from other places

Bongagarha lies about 26 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 11 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 Bongagarha
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	18 km
District headquarters	Chatra	26 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	26 km

Villages closest to Bongagarha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongagarha village had a population of 138. That makes it the 87th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Bongagarha village has 64 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongagarha has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Bongagarha is 825383. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bongagarha covers 181 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bongagarha falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bongagarha is Shivpur, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bongagarha.

Bongagarha is about 26 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongagarha is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Shivpur is about 11 km away. Tandwa is about 18 km away. Chatra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.