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About Songaon Village

Songaon is a mid sized village in Chandur Railway tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,993, made up of 1,009 males and 984 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 906.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444904, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Songaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Chandur Railway
Pincode 444904
Area (hectares) 906.33 hectares
Population 1,993
Male Population 1,009
Female Population 984
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Songaon compares

By the 2011 count Songaon is the 10th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 994 residents. Its 906.33 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Songaon

Songaon 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 Songaon 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 Songaon from other places

Songaon lies about 29 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Chandur, about 2.0 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
Nearest railway station Chandur 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandur Railway 3.1 km
Nearest town Dattāpur 17 km
District headquarters Amravati 29 km

Villages closest to Songaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songaon village had a population of 1,993. That makes it the 10th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 994 residents.

Songaon village has 1,009 males and 984 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songaon has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Songaon is 444904. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Songaon covers 906.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Songaon falls under Chandur Railway tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Songaon is Chandur, about 2.0 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 Songaon.

Songaon is about 29 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songaon is in Chandur Railway tehsil of Amravati district. Chandur is about 2.0 km away. Chandur Railway is about 3.1 km away. Dattāpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shivni (2.0 km), Neknampur (2.4 km) and Kalamgaon (2.8 km).

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

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