About Songra Village

Songra is a large village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,883, made up of 2,091 males and 1,792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.42 hectares hectares.

Songra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songra village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Gabhana
Area (hectares)	497.42 hectares
Population	3,883
Male Population	2,091
Female Population	1,792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Songra compares

By the 2011 count Songra is the 15th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 497.42 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Songra

Songra 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 Songra as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Songra from other places

Songra lies about 22 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Kulwa, about 11 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 Songra
Tehsil headquarters	Gabhana	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kulwa	11 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	22 km
Nearest town	Alīgarh	22 km

Villages closest to Songra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songra village had a population of 3,883. That makes it the 15th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Songra village has 2,091 males and 1,792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songra has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Songra covers 497.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Songra falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Songra is Kulwa, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Songra.

Songra is about 22 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songra is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Gabhana is about 6.8 km away. Kulwa is about 11 km away. Aligarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.