About Somni Village

Somni is a large village in Rajnandgaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,857, made up of 1,424 males and 1,433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 448.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somni village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Rajnandgaon
Pincode	496113
Area (hectares)	448.95 hectares
Population	2,857
Male Population	1,424
Female Population	1,433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somni compares

By the 2011 count Somni is the 8th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents. Its 448.95 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Somni

Somni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Somni as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Somni from other places

Somni lies about 13 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Parmalkasa, about 5.3 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 Somni
Nearest railway station	Parmalkasa	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnandgaon	13 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	13 km

Villages closest to Somni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somni village had a population of 2,857. That makes it the 8th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents.

Somni village has 1,424 males and 1,433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somni has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Somni is 496113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somni covers 448.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Somni falls under Rajnandgaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Somni is Parmalkasa, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Somni.

Somni is about 13 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somni is in Rajnandgaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Parmalkasa is about 5.3 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 13 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.