About Rongo Village

Rongo is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 196 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209 hectares hectares.

Rongo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rongo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Area (hectares)	209 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	196
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Rongo compares

By the 2011 count Rongo is the 84th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 209 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Rongo

Rongo is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rongo 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 Rongo from other places

Rongo lies about 8.1 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bingaon, about 23 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 Rongo
District headquarters	Khunti	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bingaon	23 km

Villages closest to Rongo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rongo village had a population of 392. That makes it the 84th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Rongo village has 196 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rongo has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Rongo covers 209 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rongo falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rongo is Bingaon, about 23 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 Rongo.

Rongo is about 8.1 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rongo is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 8.1 km away. Murhu is about 12 km away. Bingaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.