About Somlapura Village

Somlapura is a large village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,998, made up of 1,515 males and 1,483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somlapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somlapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577218
Area (hectares)	516.18 hectares
Population	2,998
Male Population	1,515
Female Population	1,483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somlapura compares

By the 2011 count Somlapura is the 19th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 516.18 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 35 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Sasalu, about 22 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	Channagiri	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sasalu	22 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	35 km

Villages closest to Somlapura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Channagiri 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 2,998. That makes it the 19th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Somlapura village has 1,515 males and 1,483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somlapura has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Somlapura is 577218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somlapura covers 516.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somlapura falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somlapura is Sasalu, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Somlapura.

Somlapura is about 35 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somlapura is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 14 km away. Sasalu is about 22 km away. Davanagere is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.