About Poronger Village

Poronger is a mid sized village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 274 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poronger Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poronger village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	384 hectares
Population	536
Male Population	274
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
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 Poronger compares

By the 2011 count Poronger is the 48th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 384 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Poronger

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

Poronger lies about 53 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 25 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 Poronger
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	17 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	25 km
Nearest town	Khunti	32 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	53 km

Villages closest to Poronger

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 Poronger

As per the Census of India 2011, Poronger village had a population of 536. That makes it the 48th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Poronger village has 274 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poronger has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Poronger is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poronger covers 384 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Poronger is Pakra, about 25 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 Poronger.

Poronger is about 53 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poronger is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 17 km away. Pakra is about 25 km away. Khunti is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.