Bongabar

Bongabar is a census town in the Mandu CD block in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Location
Bongabar is located at 23.7086°N, 85.5242°W.

Area overview
Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of Central Coalfields spread across South Karanpura Coalfield, Ramgarh Coalfield and West Bokaro Coalfield. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The Damodar valley covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas). "Chotanagpur has a charm of its own… The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours."

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bongabar had a total population of 5,236, of which 2,688 (51%) were males and 2,548 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 862. The total number of literate persons in Bongabar was 3,066 (70.10% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh, Bongabar covered an area of 14.117 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 6 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 904 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 3 dispensaries, 3 health centres, 7 family welfare centres, 8 maternity and child welfare centres, 6 maternity homes, 5 nursing homes, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 2 senior secondary schools. It had 3 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Two important commodities it produced were coal, pathar, chuna pathar.

Transport
There is a station nearby at Kuju on the Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line.

Bongabar is on National Highway 20.