About Somalapura Village

Somalapura is a small village in Hosakote tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 105 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 790 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 560067, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Tehsil	Hosakote
Pincode	560067
Area (hectares)	123.5 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	105
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	790
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somalapura compares

By the 2011 count Somalapura is the 217th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 820 residents. Its 123.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Somalapura

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

How far is Somalapura from other places

Somalapura lies about 42 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Devangonthi, about 3.7 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 Somalapura
Nearest railway station	Devangonthi	3.7 km
Nearest town	Mālūr	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosakote	13 km
District headquarters	Bangalore Rural	42 km

Villages closest to Somalapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somalapura village had a population of 188. That makes it the 217th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 820 residents.

Somalapura village has 105 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalapura has about 790 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Somalapura is 560067. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somalapura covers 123.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somalapura falls under Hosakote tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somalapura is Devangonthi, about 3.7 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Somalapura.

Somalapura is about 42 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalapura is in Hosakote tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Devangonthi is about 3.7 km away. Mālūr is about 9.2 km away. Hosakote is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.