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About Songarha Ganeshpur Village

Songarha Ganeshpur is a small village in Krityanand Nagar tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 134 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24 hectares hectares.

Songarha Ganeshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songarha Ganeshpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Krityanand Nagar
Area (hectares) 24 hectares
Population 276
Male Population 134
Female Population 142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Songarha Ganeshpur compares

By the 2011 count Songarha Ganeshpur is the 57th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,485 residents. Its 24 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Songarha Ganeshpur

Songarha Ganeshpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Songarha Ganeshpur as Available within 5 - 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Songarha Ganeshpur from other places

Songarha Ganeshpur lies about 12 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Kirtyanand Nagar, about 7.0 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 Songarha Ganeshpur
Tehsil headquarters Krityanand Nagar 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Kirtyanand Nagar 7.0 km
District headquarters Purnia 12 km

Villages closest to Songarha Ganeshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Krityanand Nagar 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 Songarha Ganeshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Songarha Ganeshpur village had a population of 276. That makes it the 57th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,485 residents.

Songarha Ganeshpur village has 134 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songarha Ganeshpur has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Songarha Ganeshpur covers 24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Songarha Ganeshpur falls under Krityanand Nagar tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Songarha Ganeshpur is Kirtyanand Nagar, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Songarha Ganeshpur is about 12 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songarha Ganeshpur is in Krityanand Nagar tehsil of Purnia district. Krityanand Nagar is about 7.0 km away. Kirtyanand Nagar is about 7.0 km away. Purnia is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganeshpur (under 2 km), Kajha (under 2 km) and Songarha Kajha (under 2 km).

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

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