About Bongadar Village

Bongadar is a mid sized village in Sonahatu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 286 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bongadar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongadar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Sonahatu
Pincode	835102
Area (hectares)	156.58 hectares
Population	529
Male Population	286
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
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 Bongadar compares

By the 2011 count Bongadar is the 49th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents. Its 156.58 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Bongadar

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

Bongadar lies about 58 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Suisa, about 6.2 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 Bongadar
Nearest railway station	Suisa	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonahatu	15 km
Nearest town	Būndu	27 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	58 km

Villages closest to Bongadar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongadar village had a population of 529. That makes it the 49th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents.

Bongadar village has 286 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongadar has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Bongadar is 835102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bongadar covers 156.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bongadar falls under Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bongadar is Suisa, about 6.2 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 Bongadar.

Bongadar is about 58 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongadar is in Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district. Suisa is about 6.2 km away. Sonahatu is about 15 km away. Būndu is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.