Tongra

Tongra
Village
Tongra Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Tongra Tongra (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°02′57″N87°15′34″E / 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

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

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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°02′57″N87°15′34″E / 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 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 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

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "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.