About Sons Village

Sons is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 204 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 511 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sons Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sons village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	511 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	204
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sons compares

By the 2011 count Sons is the 44th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 511 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Sons

Sons is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sons as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sons from other places

Sons lies about 20 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 21 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sons
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	20 km
District headquarters	Chatra	20 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	20 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	21 km

Villages closest to Sons

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lawalaung tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sons

As per the Census of India 2011, Sons village had a population of 385. That makes it the 44th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Sons village has 204 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sons has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Sons is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sons covers 511 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sons falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sons is Shivpur, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sons.

Sons is about 20 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sons is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 20 km away. Chatra is about 20 km away. Chatrā is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.