About Songra Village

Songra is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 885, made up of 449 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Songra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Sisai
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	415 hectares
Population	885
Male Population	449
Female Population	436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Songra compares

By the 2011 count Songra is the 45th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 415 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Songra

Songra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Songra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Songra from other places

Songra lies about 20 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Irgaon, about 29 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 Songra
Tehsil headquarters	Sisai	8.1 km
District headquarters	Gumla	20 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	20 km
Nearest railway station	Irgaon	29 km

Villages closest to Songra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songra village had a population of 885. That makes it the 45th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Songra village has 449 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songra has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Songra is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Songra covers 415 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Songra falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Songra is Irgaon, about 29 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 village for Songra.

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

Songra is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 8.1 km away. Gumla is about 20 km away. Gumlā is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.