Pongra, Bandgaon

Pongra (पोंगरा) is a village located in the Bandgaon Subdivision of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. The village falls in Bandgaon block and comes under Nakti Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Singhbhum parliament constituency and Chakradharpur assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Pongra is 799 out of which 383 are males and rest 416 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1086 females per 1000 males. There are around 102 teenagers in Pongra. It has literacy rate of 42% which means around 339 persons can read and write. Total 301 people belonging to scheduled caste and 318 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 187 households in Pongra, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 462. The pincode of Pongra is 833201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Chaibasa Head Post office
• Bari Bazar Sub Post office

Schools

Pongra has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Primary School Pongra

Hospitals

Pongra has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Health Sub-Center Baralangra
• Community Health Center Chaibasa
• Health Sub-Center Nagarkatta
• Health Sub-Center Baralangia
• Health Sub-Center Gidbas

Banks

Pongra has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa, Jharkhand
• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa, Jharkand
• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa
• Bandhan Bank Chaibasa
• Central Bank of India Chaibasa