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About Somanpalli Village

Somanpalli is a small village in Bhopalpattnam tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 135 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 596.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanpalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanpalli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Bhopalpattnam
Pincode 494448
Area (hectares) 596.97 hectares
Population 265
Male Population 135
Female Population 130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 963
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somanpalli compares

By the 2011 count Somanpalli is the 57th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 596.97 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Somanpalli

Somanpalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Somanpalli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Somanpalli from other places

Somanpalli lies about 28 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 74 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 Somanpalli
Tehsil headquarters Bhopalpattnam 28 km
District headquarters Bijapur 28 km
Nearest railway station Bacheli 74 km

Villages closest to Somanpalli

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

Common questions about Somanpalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanpalli village had a population of 265. That makes it the 57th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Somanpalli village has 135 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanpalli has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Somanpalli is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanpalli covers 596.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somanpalli falls under Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Somanpalli is Bacheli, about 74 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Somanpalli.

Somanpalli is about 28 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somanpalli is in Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhopalpattnam is about 28 km away. Bijapur is about 28 km away. Bacheli is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bangapalli (2.1 km), Tamlapalli (2.4 km) and Dhangol (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Somanpalli today is likely to be higher.

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