About Tongra Village

Tongra is a mid sized village in Hussainabad tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,005, made up of 525 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tongra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tongra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Hussainabad
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	134 hectares
Population	1,005
Male Population	525
Female Population	480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
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 Tongra compares

By the 2011 count Tongra is the 42nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Tongra

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

Tongra lies about 8.9 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bokaro Thermal, about under 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 Tongra
Nearest railway station	Bokaro Thermal	under 2 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hussainabad	8.9 km
District headquarters	Palamu	8.9 km

Villages closest to Tongra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tongra village had a population of 1,005. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Tongra village has 525 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tongra has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Tongra is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tongra covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Tongra falls under Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tongra is Bokaro Thermal, about under 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 10+ km distance for Tongra.

Tongra is about 8.9 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tongra is in Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district. Bokaro Thermal is about under 2 km away. Kathhāra is about 3.1 km away. Hussainabad is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.