# Songarha Village, Lalganj, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Mirzapur 

# Songarha

Songarha is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,438 people in 659 households**, the 8th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 4,438people (2011)
- 659households
- 56.3%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Songarha

Of every 100 households in Songarha in 2011, 1 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Songarha · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**91%

Tap water ****8%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****38%**

**75%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Songarha?

■ Songarha · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**908

Working population ****43.4%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 43.6% for women. 46% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 200 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 400 (21%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1,249 (65%)

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 Lalganj

- Manigarha4,753 people
- Bami4,701 people
- Dewhat4,548 people
- Baraundha4,498 people
- Dubar Kalan4,318 people
- Bhaisor Balay Pahar3,946 people
- Madwa Dhanapal3,904 people
- Mahugari3,780 people

[All 431 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Songarha?4,438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Songarha in?Mirzapur district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Songarha?56.3% (Census 2011)