About Bongera Village

Bongera is a mid sized village in Bansjor tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,481, made up of 750 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1171.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bongera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bansjor
Pincode	835211
Area (hectares)	1171.31 hectares
Population	1,481
Male Population	750
Female Population	731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
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 Bongera compares

By the 2011 count Bongera is the 7th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,343 residents. Its 1171.31 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Bongera

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

Bongera lies about 32 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Biramitrapur, about 10 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 Bongera
Tehsil headquarters	Bansjor	8.5 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Biramitrapur	10 km
District headquarters	Simdega	32 km

Villages closest to Bongera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongera village had a population of 1,481. That makes it the 7th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,343 residents.

Bongera village has 750 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongera has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Bongera is 835211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bongera covers 1171.31 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.

Bongera falls under Bansjor tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bongera is Biramitrapur, about 10 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 Bongera.

Bongera is about 32 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongera is in Bansjor tehsil of Simdega district. Bansjor is about 8.5 km away. Birmitrapur is about 8.9 km away. Biramitrapur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.