About Bongda Village

Bongda is a mid sized village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 770, made up of 396 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bongda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	463 hectares
Population	770
Male Population	396
Female Population	374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Bongda compares

By the 2011 count Bongda is the 37th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 463 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1004.

Getting to Bongda

Bongda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bongda 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 Bongda from other places

Bongda lies about 49 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 2.6 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 Bongda
Nearest railway station	Pakra	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	8.3 km
Nearest town	Khunti	39 km
District headquarters	Gumla	49 km

Villages closest to Bongda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongda village had a population of 770. That makes it the 37th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Bongda village has 396 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongda has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Bongda is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bongda covers 463 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.

Bongda falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bongda is Pakra, about 2.6 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 Bongda.

Bongda is about 49 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongda is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Pakra is about 2.6 km away. Kamdara is about 8.3 km away. Khunti is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.