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Tongra Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Tongra is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 178 families residing. The Tongra village has population of 1005 of which 525 are males while 480 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongra village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 20.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongra village is 914 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongra as per census is 741, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Tongra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongra village was 64.13 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Tongra Male literacy stands at 75.79 % while female literacy rate was 52.03 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tongra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tongra village.

Tongra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 178 - -
Population 1,005 525 480
Child (0-6) 202 116 86
Schedule Caste 190 97 93
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.13 % 75.79 % 52.03 %
Total Workers 300 223 77
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 193 121 72

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.91 % of total population in Tongra village. The village Tongra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tongra village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 35.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.