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About Somanapur Village

Somanapur is a mid sized village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 889, made up of 438 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanapur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Pandariya
Pincode 491444
Area (hectares) 237.31 hectares
Population 889
Male Population 438
Female Population 451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somanapur compares

By the 2011 count Somanapur is the 101st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 237.31 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Somanapur

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

Somanapur lies about 31 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 55 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 Somanapur
Tehsil headquarters Pandariya 9.0 km
Nearest town Mungeli 28 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 31 km
Nearest railway station Salkaroad 55 km

Villages closest to Somanapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanapur village had a population of 889. That makes it the 101st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Somanapur village has 438 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanapur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Somanapur is 491444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanapur covers 237.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somanapur falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Somanapur is Salkaroad, about 55 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 10+ km distance for Somanapur.

Somanapur is about 31 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somanapur is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 9.0 km away. Mungeli is about 28 km away. Kabeerdham is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Somnapur (under 2 km), Domanpur (under 2 km) and Bodhipara (under 2 km).

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

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