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 ᱴᱚᱝᱨᱟ
Village
Tongra Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Tongra Tongra (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24.049131°N 87.259422°E / 24.049131; 87.259422
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.nic.in

Geography

Location

Tongra is located at 24.049131°N 87.259422°E / 24.049131; 87.259422.

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