Tongra
Tongra is a village in the Ranishwar CD block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Tongra | |
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Village | |
  Tongra Location in Jharkhand, India  Tongra Tongra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24.049131°N 87.259422°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Dumka |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 989 |
| Languages (*For language details see Ranishwar#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 814148 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06434 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dumka |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Shikaripara |
| Website | dumka |
Geography
| Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam, Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly |
Location
Tongra is located at 24.049131°N 87.259422°E.
Overview
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
Tongra has an area of 443.51 hectares (1,095.9 acres).[2]
Demographics
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
Police station
There is a police station at Tongra.[3]
Education
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
- Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "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.
- "District Police Profile - Dumka". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- "UPG MS Tongra". Schools.org. Retrieved 6 November 2020.