About Pongra Village

Pongra is a mid sized village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 654, made up of 313 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pongra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pongra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833102
Area (hectares)	167.81 hectares
Population	654
Male Population	313
Female Population	341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
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 Pongra compares

By the 2011 count Pongra is the 37th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 167.81 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Pongra

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

Pongra lies about 21 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 12 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 Pongra
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	12 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	24 km

Villages closest to Pongra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pongra village had a population of 654. That makes it the 37th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Pongra village has 313 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pongra has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Pongra is 833102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pongra covers 167.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pongra falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pongra is Lotapahar, about 12 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 Pongra.

Pongra is about 21 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pongra is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 12 km away. Chakradharpur is about 14 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.