About Songar Village

Songar is a mid sized village in Chand tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,486, made up of 783 males and 703 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Songar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Chand
Pincode	821106
Area (hectares)	180 hectares
Population	1,486
Male Population	783
Female Population	703
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
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 Songar compares

By the 2011 count Songar is the 36th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,182 residents. Its 180 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Songar

Songar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Songar 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 Songar from other places

Songar lies about 118 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Karamnasi, about 24 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 Songar
Tehsil headquarters	Chand	10 km
Nearest town	Bhabhua	23 km
Nearest railway station	Karamnasi	24 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	118 km

Villages closest to Songar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chand 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 Songar

As per the Census of India 2011, Songar village had a population of 1,486. That makes it the 36th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,182 residents.

Songar village has 783 males and 703 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songar has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Songar is 821106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Songar covers 180 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Songar falls under Chand tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Songar is Karamnasi, about 24 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 Songar.

Songar is about 118 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songar is in Chand tehsil of Kaimur district. Chand is about 10 km away. Bhabhua is about 23 km away. Karamnasi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.