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About Songiri Village

Songiri is a small village in Barshitakli tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 225 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 468.7 hectares hectares.

Songiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songiri village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Barshitakli
Area (hectares) 468.7 hectares
Population 437
Male Population 225
Female Population 212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Songiri compares

By the 2011 count Songiri is the 93rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 468.7 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Songiri

Songiri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Songiri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Songiri from other places

Songiri lies about 18 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Barsitakli, about 3.8 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 Songiri
Nearest railway station Barsitakli 3.8 km
Nearest town Pātūr 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Barshitakli 18 km
District headquarters Akola 18 km

Villages closest to Songiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songiri village had a population of 437. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Songiri village has 225 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songiri has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Songiri covers 468.7 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.

Songiri falls under Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Songiri is Barsitakli, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Songiri is about 18 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songiri is in Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district. Barsitakli is about 3.8 km away. Pātūr is about 14 km away. Barshitakli is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patkhed (2.1 km), Shahapur (2.3 km) and Mahagaon (2.5 km).

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

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