About Chongro Village

Chongro is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 74 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chongro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chongro village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816115
Area (hectares)	71.53 hectares
Population	161
Male Population	74
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,176
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chongro compares

By the 2011 count Chongro is the 99th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 71.53 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Chongro

Chongro is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chongro as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chongro from other places

Chongro lies about 8.4 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Sakrigali, about 2.6 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 Chongro
Nearest railway station	Sakrigali	2.6 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	8.4 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	15 km

Villages closest to Chongro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chongro village had a population of 161. That makes it the 99th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Chongro village has 74 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chongro has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Chongro is 816115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chongro covers 71.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chongro falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chongro is Sakrigali, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chongro.

Chongro is about 8.4 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chongro is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Sakrigali is about 2.6 km away. Sahibganj is about 8.4 km away. Sāhibganj is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.