About Somajhitiya Village

Somajhitiya is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 710, made up of 356 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somajhitiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somajhitiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	260.03 hectares
Population	710
Male Population	356
Female Population	354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somajhitiya compares

By the 2011 count Somajhitiya is the 116th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 260.03 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1037.

Getting to Somajhitiya

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

Somajhitiya lies about 27 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 23 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 Somajhitiya
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	19 km
Nearest railway station	Musra	23 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	26 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	27 km

Villages closest to Somajhitiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somajhitiya village had a population of 710. That makes it the 116th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Somajhitiya village has 356 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somajhitiya has about 994 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 1037.

The pincode recorded for Somajhitiya is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somajhitiya covers 260.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somajhitiya falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Somajhitiya is Musra, about 23 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 Somajhitiya.

Somajhitiya is about 27 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somajhitiya is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 19 km away. Musra is about 23 km away. Dongargarh is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.