About Saundighi Village

Saundighi is a small village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 124 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saundighi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saundighi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Sagardighi
Pincode	742122
Area (hectares)	105.68 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	124
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
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 Saundighi compares

By the 2011 count Saundighi is the 154th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 105.68 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Saundighi

Saundighi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Saundighi 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 Saundighi from other places

Saundighi lies about 32 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 21 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 Saundighi
Nearest town	Kāndi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Rampurhat Junction	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagardighi	24 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	32 km

Villages closest to Saundighi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saundighi village had a population of 238. That makes it the 154th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Saundighi village has 124 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saundighi has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Saundighi is 742122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saundighi covers 105.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saundighi falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Saundighi is Rampurhat Junction, about 21 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 Saundighi.

Saundighi is about 32 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saundighi is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Kāndi is about 18 km away. Rampurhat Junction is about 21 km away. Sagardighi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.