Tongra
Village in Jharkhand, India
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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
9.9miles
Dam
Dumka
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 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]