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About Somenahalli Village

Somenahalli is a small village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 51 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somenahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somenahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Tarikere
Pincode 577116
Area (hectares) 230.9 hectares
Population 103
Male Population 51
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somenahalli compares

By the 2011 count Somenahalli is the 180th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 230.9 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 989.

Getting to Somenahalli

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

Somenahalli lies about 43 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Nagavangala, about 2.0 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 Somenahalli
Nearest railway station Nagavangala 2.0 km
Nearest town Birūr 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarikere 19 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 43 km

Villages closest to Somenahalli

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

Common questions about Somenahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Somenahalli village had a population of 103. That makes it the 180th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Somenahalli village has 51 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somenahalli has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Somenahalli is 577116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somenahalli covers 230.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somenahalli falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somenahalli is Nagavangala, about 2.0 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 Somenahalli.

Somenahalli is about 43 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somenahalli is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Nagavangala is about 2.0 km away. Birūr is about 6.0 km away. Tarikere is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagavangala (1.5 km), Koratikere (2.2 km) and Veerapura (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Somenahalli today is likely to be higher.

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