About Somlapura Village

Somlapura is a mid sized village in Koppa tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,352, made up of 655 males and 697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 736.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somlapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somlapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Koppa
Pincode	577126
Area (hectares)	736.74 hectares
Population	1,352
Male Population	655
Female Population	697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somlapura compares

By the 2011 count Somlapura is the 20th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 736.74 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Somlapura

Somlapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Somlapura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Somlapura from other places

Somlapura lies about 50 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 52 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 Somlapura
Tehsil headquarters	Koppa	1.8 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	32 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	50 km
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	52 km

Villages closest to Somlapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somlapura village had a population of 1,352. That makes it the 20th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Somlapura village has 655 males and 697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somlapura has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Somlapura is 577126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somlapura covers 736.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somlapura falls under Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somlapura is Bellenahalli, about 52 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 5 - 10 km distance for Somlapura.

Somlapura is about 50 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somlapura is in Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koppa is about 1.8 km away. Someshwar is about 32 km away. Chikmagalur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.