# Tongkongera Village, Bakavand, Bastar (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Bakavand, Bastar 

# Tongkongera

Tongkongera is a village in Bakavand sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494222**. The 2011 Census counted **860 people in 206 households**, the 66th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.2%.

- 860people (2011)
- 206households
- 49.3%literacy
- 494222PIN code

## Tongkongera PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tongkongera is 494222.** Tongkongera falls in Bakavand sub-district, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494222
- Gram panchayatTongkongera
- Community development blockBakaband
- Census village code449412

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tongkongera from nearby towns?

- Bakawand (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)45 km by road
- Jagdalpur (nearest town)45 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tongkongera?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Tongkongera; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Karpawand
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jagdalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bastar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tongkongera known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and black gram**. About 32% of the 778 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tongkongera

Of every 100 households in Tongkongera in 2011, 30 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tongkongera · ■ Bakavand rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****18%**

**38%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****56%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tongkongera?

■ Tongkongera · ■ Bakavand rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%**

**52.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1072**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**994

Working population ****65.7%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.5% for men and 40.6% for women. 68% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 167 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (37%) · **■** Other work 28 (5%) · **■** Marginal 163 (29%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bakavand

- Kareetgaon931 people
- Khotalapal925 people
- Irikpal894 people
- Mailbeda872 people
- Chargaon832 people
- Dasapal827 people
- Dhobiguda814 people
- Mohlai808 people

[All 114 villages in Bakavand](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bastar/bakavand/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tongkongera?494222
- How far is Tongkongera from Jagdalpur?45 km by road
- What is the population of Tongkongera?860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tongkongera in?Bastar district (Bakavand sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Tongkongera?49.3% (Census 2011)