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About Erabonga Village

Erabonga is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 38 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erabonga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erabonga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode 825401
Area (hectares) 88 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 38
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Erabonga compares

By the 2011 count Erabonga is the 202nd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Erabonga

Erabonga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Erabonga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Erabonga from other places

Erabonga lies about 34 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 11 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 Erabonga
Nearest railway station Kathautia 11 km
Nearest town Bagaha 32 km
Tehsil headquarters Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 34 km
District headquarters Chatra 34 km

Villages closest to Erabonga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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.

Common questions about Erabonga

As per the Census of India 2011, Erabonga village had a population of 75. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Erabonga village has 38 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erabonga has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Erabonga is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erabonga covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Erabonga falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Erabonga is Kathautia, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Erabonga.

Erabonga is about 34 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erabonga is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Kathautia is about 11 km away. Bagaha is about 32 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahotra (9.3 km), Salot (17 km) and Burhigara (19 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Erabonga today is likely to be higher.

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