About Tongari Village

Tongari is a mid sized village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 974, made up of 485 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tongari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tongari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Barwadih
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	343 hectares
Population	974
Male Population	485
Female Population	489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tongari compares

By the 2011 count Tongari is the 34th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 343 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Tongari

Tongari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tongari 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 Tongari from other places

Tongari lies about 30 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chhipadohar, about 4.2 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 Tongari
Nearest railway station	Chhipadohar	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barwadih	11 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	27 km
District headquarters	Latehar	30 km

Villages closest to Tongari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tongari village had a population of 974. That makes it the 34th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Tongari village has 485 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tongari has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Tongari is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tongari covers 343 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tongari falls under Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tongari is Chhipadohar, about 4.2 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 Tongari.

Tongari is about 30 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tongari is in Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Chhipadohar is about 4.2 km away. Barwadih is about 11 km away. Medininagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.