About Songaon Village

Songaon is a mid sized village in Chalisgaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 441 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.53 hectares hectares.

Songaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Tehsil	Chalisgaon
Area (hectares)	357.53 hectares
Population	836
Male Population	441
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Songaon compares

By the 2011 count Songaon is the 122nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents. Its 357.53 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Songaon

Songaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 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 96 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Chalisgaon Junction, about 31 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 town	Kannad	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chalisgaon	29 km
Nearest railway station	Chalisgaon Junction	31 km
District headquarters	Jalgaon	96 km

Villages closest to Songaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chalisgaon 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 836. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents.

Songaon village has 441 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songaon has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Songaon covers 357.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Songaon falls under Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Songaon is Chalisgaon Junction, about 31 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Songaon.

Songaon is about 96 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songaon is in Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Kannad is about 3.6 km away. Chalisgaon is about 29 km away. Chalisgaon Junction is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.