About Somai Khurd Village

Somai Khurd is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,160, made up of 589 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somai Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somai Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Saja
Pincode	491993
Area (hectares)	490.67 hectares
Population	1,160
Male Population	589
Female Population	571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somai Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Somai Khurd is the 25th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 490.67 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Somai Khurd

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

Somai Khurd lies about 57 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters	Saja	6.0 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	26 km
Nearest railway station	Tilda-Neora	56 km
District headquarters	Durg	57 km

Villages closest to Somai Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Somai Khurd village had a population of 1,160. That makes it the 25th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Somai Khurd village has 589 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somai Khurd has about 969 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 1009.

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

Somai Khurd covers 490.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Somai Khurd is Tilda-Neora, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Somai Khurd.

Somai Khurd is about 57 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somai Khurd is in Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 6.0 km away. Bemetāra is about 26 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.