About Somalapur Village

Somalapur is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 978, made up of 505 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 677.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somalapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Hungund
Pincode	587154
Area (hectares)	677.54 hectares
Population	978
Male Population	505
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somalapur compares

By the 2011 count Somalapur is the 70th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 677.54 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Somalapur

Somalapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Somalapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Somalapur from other places

Somalapur lies about 72 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 31 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 Somalapur
Nearest town	Mudgal	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hungund	31 km
Nearest railway station	Linganabandi	31 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	72 km

Villages closest to Somalapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somalapur village had a population of 978. That makes it the 70th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Somalapur village has 505 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalapur has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Somalapur is 587154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somalapur covers 677.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somalapur falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somalapur is Linganabandi, about 31 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Somalapur.

Somalapur is about 72 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalapur is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Mudgal is about 16 km away. Hungund is about 31 km away. Linganabandi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.