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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINKI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 368936
- Pincode
- 829101
- Post office
- Argada
- Population
- 2,399
- Households
- 499
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Sex ratio
- 885 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 657
Census 2011 · in context
How Tongi compares
By population, Tongi ranks #8 of 25 villages in Dadi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.7%
+6.3% vs mandal average
- Tongi
- 61.7%
- Dadi mandal
- 55.4%
- Hazaribagh district
- 58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
885
−69 vs mandal average
- Tongi
- 885
- Dadi mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Tongi
- 4.8
- Dadi mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tongi at a glance
Tongi is a village of 2,399 people in 499 households (Census 2011) in Dadi block, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 25 villages in Dadi block. Literacy is 62%, 6 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829101, served by Argada post office; the LGD village code is 368936. The sarpanch is RINKI DEVI. The population is estimated at 2,828 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tongi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- RAMGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TONGI
- Total area (ha)
- 541
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 296.98
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tongi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tongi
- LGD code
- 368936
- Pincode
- 829101
- Post office
- Argada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,399
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,828
- Households
- 499
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 885
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RINKI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Dadi
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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