About Bonga Village

Bonga is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 143 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,273 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bonga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bonga village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249145
Area (hectares)	85.3 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	143
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,273
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bonga compares

By the 2011 count Bonga is the 146th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 85.3 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Bonga

Bonga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bonga as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bonga from other places

Bonga lies about 40 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 15 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 Bonga
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	14 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	14 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	15 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	40 km

Villages closest to Bonga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bonga village had a population of 325. That makes it the 146th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Bonga village has 143 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bonga has about 1273 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Bonga is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bonga covers 85.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bonga falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bonga is Rishikesh, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bonga.

Bonga is about 40 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bonga is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 14 km away. Rishīkesh is about 14 km away. Rishikesh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.