About Songhata Village

Songhata is a small village in Basti tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 71 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.19 hectares hectares.

Songhata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songhata village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Basti
Area (hectares)	18.19 hectares
Population	132
Male Population	71
Female Population	61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Songhata compares

By the 2011 count Songhata is the 875th largest of the 967 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 18.19 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Songhata

Songhata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Songhata as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Songhata from other places

Songhata lies about 34 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Khalilabad, about 18 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 Songhata
Nearest railway station	Khalilabad	18 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basti	34 km

Villages closest to Songhata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songhata village had a population of 132. That makes it the 875th largest of the 967 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Songhata village has 71 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songhata has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Songhata covers 18.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Songhata falls under Basti tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Songhata is Khalilabad, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Songhata.

Songhata is about 34 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songhata is in Basti tehsil of Basti district. Khalilabad is about 18 km away. Khalīlābād is about 18 km away. Basti is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.