About Somapur Village

Somapur is a small village in Ramdurg tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 229 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Ramdurg
Pincode	591123
Area (hectares)	406.24 hectares
Population	432
Male Population	229
Female Population	203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somapur compares

By the 2011 count Somapur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,945 residents. Its 406.24 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 965.

Getting to Somapur

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

Somapur lies about 96 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Mallapur, about 24 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 Somapur
Nearest town	Nargund	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Mallapur	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramdurg	27 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	96 km

Villages closest to Somapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somapur village had a population of 432. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,945 residents.

Somapur village has 229 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somapur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Somapur is 591123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somapur covers 406.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somapur falls under Ramdurg tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somapur is Mallapur, about 24 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 Somapur.

Somapur is about 96 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somapur is in Ramdurg tehsil of Belgaum district. Nargund is about under 2 km away. Mallapur is about 24 km away. Ramdurg is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.