About Sompura Village

Sompura is a small village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 82 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,146 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sompura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sompura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577144
Area (hectares)	180.48 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	82
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,146
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sompura compares

By the 2011 count Sompura is the 168th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 180.48 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Sompura

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

Sompura lies about 46 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 11 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 Sompura
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	11 km
Nearest town	Bhadrāvati	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	15 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	46 km

Villages closest to Sompura

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.

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Common questions about Sompura

As per the Census of India 2011, Sompura village had a population of 176. That makes it the 168th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Sompura village has 82 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sompura has about 1146 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Sompura is 577144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sompura covers 180.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sompura falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sompura is Bellenahalli, about 11 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 Sompura.

Sompura is about 46 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sompura is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Bellenahalli is about 11 km away. Bhadrāvati is about 14 km away. Tarikere is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.