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About Somtane Village

Somtane is a mid sized village in Panvel tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,270, made up of 775 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 639 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.2 hectares hectares.

Somtane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somtane village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Panvel
Area (hectares) 194.2 hectares
Population 1,270
Male Population 775
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 639
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Somtane compares

By the 2011 count Somtane is the 69th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 194.2 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Somtane

Somtane is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Somtane as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Shilottar Raichur, Shiravali, Shirdhon and Shivansai. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Somtane

As per the Census of India 2011, Somtane village had a population of 1,270. That makes it the 69th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Somtane village has 775 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somtane has about 639 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Somtane covers 194.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Somtane falls under Panvel tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Somtane notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

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

Somtane is in Panvel tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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