# Bongadungri Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Bongadungri

Bongadungri is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **206 people in 36 households**, the 232nd largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 206people (2011)
- 36households
- 42.7%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Bongadungri PIN code and other codes

Bongadungri falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatNarda
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363905

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

## How far is Bongadungri from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)62 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)60 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 Bongadungri?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Bongadungri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Harina
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 5 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 Bongadungri known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 13% of the 156 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 Bongadungri

Of every 100 households in Bongadungri in 2011, 19 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bongadungri · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**72%

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

**8%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

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

**3%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**16%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Bongadungri?

■ Bongadungri · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.7%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**949

Working population ****54.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.2% for men and 29.2% for women. 55% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 72 (64%)

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 Potka

- Madansai216 people
- Kendmuri210 people
- Begunadih208 people
- Karketa207 people
- Sanbasa206 people
- Hariramdi Alias Jojogora199 people
- Upardiha199 people
- Baliposh197 people

[All 291 villages in Potka](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/potka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bongadungri from Jamshedpur?62 km by road
- What is the population of Bongadungri?206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bongadungri in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bongadungri?42.7% (Census 2011)