About Songaon Village

Songaon is a mid sized village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,548, made up of 777 males and 771 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654.52 hectares hectares.

Songaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Gandhwani
Area (hectares)	654.52 hectares
Population	1,548
Male Population	777
Female Population	771
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Songaon compares

By the 2011 count Songaon is the 27th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 654.52 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1013.

Getting to Songaon

Songaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Songaon as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Songaon from other places

Songaon lies about 45 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 25 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 Songaon
Tehsil headquarters	Gandhwani	4.1 km
Nearest town	Manāwar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Road	25 km
District headquarters	Dhar	45 km

Villages closest to Songaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songaon village had a population of 1,548. That makes it the 27th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Songaon village has 777 males and 771 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songaon has about 992 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 1013.

Songaon covers 654.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Songaon falls under Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Songaon is Tanda Road, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Songaon.

Songaon is about 45 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songaon is in Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district. Gandhwani is about 4.1 km away. Manāwar is about 16 km away. Tanda Road is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.