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About Songria Village

Songria is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 185 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Songria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songria village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Gobindpur
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 138.29 hectares
Population 365
Male Population 185
Female Population 180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
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 Songria compares

By the 2011 count Songria is the 167th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 138.29 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Songria

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

Songria lies about 34 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 16 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 Songria
Nearest railway station Chaibasa 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Gobindpur 16 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 34 km

Villages closest to Songria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songria village had a population of 365. That makes it the 167th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Songria village has 185 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songria has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Songria is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Songria covers 138.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Songria falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Songria is Chaibasa, about 16 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 Songria.

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

Songria is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Chaibasa is about 16 km away. Gobindpur is about 16 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan 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 Senaposhi (under 2 km), Shyam Sunderpur (under 2 km) and Bhalupani (under 2 km).

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

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