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Tongra Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Tongra is a medium size village located in Ranishwar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 218 families residing. The Tongra village has population of 989 of which 476 are males while 513 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongra village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongra village is 1078 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongra as per census is 1189, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Tongra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongra village was 54.64 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Tongra Male literacy stands at 66.90 % while female literacy rate was 43.11 %.

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 218 - -
Population 989 476 513
Child (0-6) 116 53 63
Schedule Caste 114 58 56
Schedule Tribe 713 328 385
Literacy 54.64 % 66.90 % 43.11 %
Total Workers 359 309 50
Main Worker 17 - -
Marginal Worker 342 297 45

Caste Factor

In Tongra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.53 % of total population in Tongra village.

Work Profile

In Tongra village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 4.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.