About Somai Kalan Village

Somai Kalan is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,217, made up of 607 males and 610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somai Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somai Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Saja
Pincode	491993
Area (hectares)	404.5 hectares
Population	1,217
Male Population	607
Female Population	610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somai Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Somai Kalan is the 22nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 404.5 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Somai Kalan

Somai Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Somai Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Somai Kalan from other places

Somai Kalan lies about 58 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 56 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 Somai Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Saja	7.7 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	28 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	56 km
District headquarters	Durg	58 km

Villages closest to Somai Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saja 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 Somai Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Somai Kalan village had a population of 1,217. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Somai Kalan village has 607 males and 610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somai Kalan has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Somai Kalan is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somai Kalan covers 404.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somai Kalan falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Somai Kalan is Rasmara, about 56 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 village for Somai Kalan.

Somai Kalan is about 58 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somai Kalan is in Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 7.7 km away. Bemetāra is about 28 km away. Rasmara is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.