About Somnapur Village

Somnapur is a mid sized village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,126, made up of 562 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somnapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Pandariya
Pincode	491559
Area (hectares)	261.27 hectares
Population	1,126
Male Population	562
Female Population	564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somnapur compares

By the 2011 count Somnapur is the 67th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 261.27 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 994.

Getting to Somnapur

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

Somnapur 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 Somnapur
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 Somnapur

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.

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Common questions about Somnapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Somnapur village had a population of 1,126. That makes it the 67th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Somnapur village has 562 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somnapur has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Somnapur is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somnapur covers 261.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somnapur falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Somnapur 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 village for Somnapur.

Somnapur 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.

Somnapur 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.