About Songawan Village

Songawan is a large village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,188, made up of 1,143 males and 1,045 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.6 hectares hectares.

Songawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sasaram
Area (hectares)	288.6 hectares
Population	2,188
Male Population	1,143
Female Population	1,045
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Songawan compares

By the 2011 count Songawan is the 32nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 288.6 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Songawan

Songawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Songawan 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Songawan from other places

Songawan lies about 31 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sasaram Junction, about 7.1 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 Songawan
Tehsil headquarters	Sasaram	6.3 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sasaram Junction	7.1 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	31 km

Villages closest to Songawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songawan village had a population of 2,188. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Songawan village has 1,143 males and 1,045 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songawan has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Songawan covers 288.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Songawan falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Songawan is Sasaram Junction, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 Songawan.

Songawan is about 31 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songawan is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Sasaram is about 6.3 km away. Sasarām is about 6.3 km away. Sasaram Junction is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.