# Tongras Village, Sukma – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sukma, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Tongras

Tongras is a village in Sukma sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494111**. The 2011 Census counted **329 people in 83 households**, the 42nd largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 13.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 33.4%.

- 329people (2011)
- 83households
- 13.5%literacy
- 494111PIN code

## Tongras PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tongras is 494111.** Tongras falls in Sukma sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494111
- Gram panchayatDodpal
- Community development blockSukma
- Census village code450643

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

## How far is Tongras from nearby towns?

- Sukma (sub-district HQ)36 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)55 km by road
- Sukma (nearest town)36 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 Tongras?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Tongras; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gadiras
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sukma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sukma
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Tongras known for?

About 72% of the 496 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tongras

Of every 100 households in Tongras in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tongras · ■ Sukma rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**35%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****2%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**5%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****61%**

**66%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tongras?

■ Tongras · ■ Sukma rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****13.5%**

**33.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1164**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****577**

**987

Working population ****71.7%**

**58.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 20.6% for men and 8.0% for women. 69% of men and 74% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 71 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (6%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 146 (62%)

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 Sukma

- Kosa Bandar437 people
- Murki382 people
- Rampuram345 people
- Mangipal343 people
- Nadiguda Alias Patasukma325 people
- Kudukras313 people
- Palia276 people
- Dandabadi274 people

[All 52 villages in Sukma](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/sukma/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tongras?494111
- How far is Tongras from Dantewada?55 km by road
- What is the population of Tongras?329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tongras in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Sukma sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Tongras?13.5% (Census 2011)