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Songaon Population - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Songaon is a medium size village located in Gandhwani Tehsil of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 331 families residing. The Songaon village has population of 1548 of which 777 are males while 771 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Songaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 13.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Songaon village is 992 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Songaon as per census is 991, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Songaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Songaon village was 65.34 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Songaon Male literacy stands at 79.07 % while female literacy rate was 51.51 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Songaon village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Songaon village.

Songaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 331 - -
Population 1,548 777 771
Child (0-6) 215 108 107
Schedule Caste 77 40 37
Schedule Tribe 1,144 572 572
Literacy 65.34 % 79.07 % 51.51 %
Total Workers 808 433 375
Main Worker 640 - -
Marginal Worker 168 26 142

Caste Factor

In Songaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.97 % of total population in Songaon village.

Work Profile

In Songaon village out of total population, 808 were engaged in work activities. 79.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 808 workers engaged in Main Work, 324 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 273 were Agricultural labourer.