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About Songiri Village

Songiri is a small village in Paranda tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 242 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401.32 hectares hectares.

Songiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songiri village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Tehsil Paranda
Area (hectares) 401.32 hectares
Population 480
Male Population 242
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 983
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Songiri compares

By the 2011 count Songiri is the 85th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 401.32 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Songiri

Songiri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Songiri as Available within village. 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 Songiri from other places

Songiri lies about 59 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Mahisgaon, about 16 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
Tehsil headquarters Paranda 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Mahisgaon 16 km
Nearest town Kurduvādi 19 km
District headquarters Osmanabad 59 km

Villages closest to Songiri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paranda 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 480. That makes it the 85th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Songiri village has 242 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songiri has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Songiri covers 401.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Songiri falls under Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Songiri is Mahisgaon, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Songiri.

Songiri is about 59 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songiri is in Paranda tehsil of Osmanabad district. Paranda is about 2.6 km away. Mahisgaon is about 16 km away. Kurduvādi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khasgaon (under 2 km), Katrabad (1.9 km) and Dudhi (2.3 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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