Created by Chandan Guha
Last edited August 20, 2021
Tongra
Village
Tongra is located in Jharkhand
Tongra
Tongra
Location in Jharkhand, India
Tongra is located in India
Tongra
Tongra
Tongra (India)
Coordinates: 24°02′57″N 87°15′34″E / 24.049131°N 87.259422°E / 24.049131; 87.259422
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDumka
Population
 (2011)
 • Total989
Languages (*For language details see Ranishwar#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
814148
Telephone/ STD code06434
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka
Vidhan Sabha constituencyShikaripara
Websitedumka.nic.in

Tongra is a village in the Ranishwar CD block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Tongra is located at 24°02′57″N 87°15′34″E / 24.049131°N 87.259422°E / 24.049131; 87.259422.

Overview[edit | edit source]

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[1]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Area[edit | edit source]

Tongra has an area of 443.51 hectares (1,095.9 acres).[2]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Tongra had a total population of 989, of which 476 (48%) were males and 513 (52%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 116. The total number of literate persons in Tongra was 873 (54.64% of the population over 6 years). [2]

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

Police station[edit | edit source]

There is a police station at Tongra.[3]

Education[edit | edit source]

Government Middle School Tongra is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1975. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII.[4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. "District Police Profile - Dumka". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. "UPG MS Tongra". Schools.org. Retrieved 6 November 2020.