About Songar Village

Songar is a large village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,445, made up of 2,137 males and 2,308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 825.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Songar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Songar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Pincode	222139
Area (hectares)	825.48 hectares
Population	4,445
Male Population	2,137
Female Population	2,308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Songar compares

By the 2011 count Songar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 825.48 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Songar

Songar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Songar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Songar from other places

Songar lies about 18 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mihrawan, about 5.9 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 Songar
Nearest railway station	Mihrawan	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	17 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	17 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	18 km

Villages closest to Songar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Songar village had a population of 4,445. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Songar village has 2,137 males and 2,308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Songar has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Songar is 222139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Songar covers 825.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Songar falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Songar is Mihrawan, about 5.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Songar.

Songar is about 18 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Songar is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mihrawan is about 5.9 km away. Shahganj is about 17 km away. Shāhganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.