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About Songara Village

Songara is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,567, made up of 721 males and 846 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.96 hectares hectares.

Songara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 257.96 hectares
Population 1,567
Male Population 721
Female Population 846
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,173
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Songara compares

By the 2011 count Songara is the 164th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 257.96 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Songara

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

How far is Songara from other places

Songara lies about 39 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, about 12 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 Songara
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 10 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 10 km
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 12 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 39 km

Villages closest to Songara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songara village had a population of 1,567. That makes it the 164th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Songara village has 721 males and 846 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songara has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1061.

Songara covers 257.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Songara falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Songara is Mungara Badshahpur, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Songara is about 39 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songara is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Machhlishahr is about 10 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 10 km away. Mungara Badshahpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mani Patti (under 2 km), Borepur (1.6 km) and Rampur Sawai (1.7 km).

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

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