About Somadih Village

Somadih is a mid sized village in Sonahatu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 878, made up of 452 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Sonahatu
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	525 hectares
Population	878
Male Population	452
Female Population	426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Somadih compares

By the 2011 count Somadih is the 30th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents. Its 525 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Somadih

Somadih 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 Somadih as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Somadih from other places

Somadih lies about 52 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Torang, about 7.8 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 Somadih
Nearest railway station	Torang	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonahatu	10 km
Nearest town	Būndu	23 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	52 km

Villages closest to Somadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somadih village had a population of 878. That makes it the 30th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,207 residents.

Somadih village has 452 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somadih has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Somadih is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somadih covers 525 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.

Somadih falls under Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Somadih is Torang, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Somadih is about 52 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somadih is in Sonahatu tehsil of Ranchi district. Torang is about 7.8 km away. Sonahatu is about 10 km away. Būndu is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.