About Somaguddu Village

Somaguddu is a large village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,054, made up of 1,018 males and 1,036 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1250.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somaguddu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somaguddu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577522
Area (hectares)	1250.89 hectares
Population	2,054
Male Population	1,018
Female Population	1,036
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somaguddu compares

By the 2011 count Somaguddu is the 48th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 1250.89 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 953.

Getting to Somaguddu

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

Somaguddu lies about 25 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Somaguddu, about under 2 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 Somaguddu
Nearest railway station	Somaguddu	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	5.7 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	25 km

Villages closest to Somaguddu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somaguddu village had a population of 2,054. That makes it the 48th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Somaguddu village has 1,018 males and 1,036 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somaguddu has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Somaguddu is 577522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somaguddu covers 1250.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somaguddu falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somaguddu is Somaguddu, about under 2 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 Somaguddu.

Somaguddu is about 25 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somaguddu is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Somaguddu is about under 2 km away. Challakere is about 5.7 km away. Chitradurga is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.