About Somatola Village

Somatola is a mid sized village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 374 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somatola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somatola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Mohla
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	428.67 hectares
Population	747
Male Population	374
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somatola compares

By the 2011 count Somatola is the 23rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 428.67 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Somatola

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

Somatola lies about 11 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Parmalkasa, about 10 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 Somatola
Nearest railway station	Parmalkasa	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohla	11 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	11 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	11 km

Villages closest to Somatola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somatola village had a population of 747. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Somatola village has 374 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somatola has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Somatola is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somatola covers 428.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somatola falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Somatola is Parmalkasa, about 10 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 Somatola.

Somatola is about 11 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somatola is in Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Parmalkasa is about 10 km away. Mohla is about 11 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.