About Bongadungri Village

Bongadungri is a small village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 103 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.75 hectares hectares.

Bongadungri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongadungri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Area (hectares)	155.75 hectares
Population	206
Male Population	103
Female Population	103
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 Bongadungri compares

By the 2011 count Bongadungri is the 224th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 155.75 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1003.

Getting to Bongadungri

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

Bongadungri lies about 72 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kandra Jn, about 8.3 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 Bongadungri
Nearest railway station	Kandra Jn	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	20 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	20 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	72 km

Villages closest to Bongadungri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongadungri village had a population of 206. That makes it the 224th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Bongadungri village has 103 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongadungri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Bongadungri covers 155.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bongadungri falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bongadungri is Kandra Jn, about 8.3 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 Bongadungri.

Bongadungri is about 72 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongadungri is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Kandra Jn is about 8.3 km away. Potka is about 20 km away. Bhetia is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.