# Songar Village, Chand, Kaimur (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chand, Kaimur 

# Songar

Songar is a village in Chand sub-district of Kaimur district, Bihar, PIN code **821106**. The 2011 Census counted **1,486 people in 247 households**, the 36th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 1,486people (2011)
- 247households
- 56.2%literacy
- 821106PIN code

## Songar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Songar is 821106.** Songar falls in Chand sub-district, Kaimur district, Bihar.

- PIN code821106
- Gram panchayatSaukhara
- Community development blockChand
- Census village code249720

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Songar from nearby towns?

- Chand (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Bhabua (district HQ)26 km by road
- Bhabua (nearest town)26 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Songar?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Songar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhabua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhabua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 3 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Songar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 64% of the 180 hectares of village land is sown, and 99 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Songar

Of every 100 households in Songar in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Songar · ■ Chand rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**89%

Tap water ****17%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****8%**

**36%

Television ****6%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****44%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Songar?

■ Songar · ■ Chand rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**934

Working population ****35.6%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 44.2% for women. 43% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (20%) · **■** Household industry 37 (7%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 309 (58%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chand

- Jamalpur1,651 people
- Gohuwan1,632 people
- Bhewar1,592 people
- Babhniawan1,576 people
- Baghaila1,484 people
- Silauta1,466 people
- Surha1,408 people
- Basaha1,323 people

[All 137 villages in Chand](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/kaimur/chand/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Songar?821106
- How far is Songar from Bhabua?26 km by road
- What is the population of Songar?1,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Songar in?Kaimur district (Chand sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Songar?56.2% (Census 2011)