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About Songudda Village

Songudda is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,377, made up of 748 males and 629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1571.39 hectares hectares.

Songudda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songudda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 1571.39 hectares
Population 1,377
Male Population 748
Female Population 629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Songudda compares

By the 2011 count Songudda is the 42nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 1571.39 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Songudda

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

How far is Songudda from other places

Songudda lies about 40 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Kanhad Gaon, about 39 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 Songudda
Nearest town Malajkhand 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 34 km
Nearest railway station Kanhad Gaon 39 km
District headquarters Balaghat 40 km

Villages closest to Songudda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songudda village had a population of 1,377. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Songudda village has 748 males and 629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songudda has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Songudda covers 1571.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Songudda falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Songudda is Kanhad Gaon, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Songudda.

Songudda is about 40 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songudda is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 31 km away. Baihar is about 34 km away. Kanhad Gaon is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korejhiri (2.4 km), Majdhar (3.2 km) and Jalda (6.5 km).

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

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