About Somanahalu Village

Somanahalu is a small village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 118 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanahalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanahalu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577552
Area (hectares)	107.07 hectares
Population	218
Male Population	118
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somanahalu compares

By the 2011 count Somanahalu is the 174th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 107.07 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Somanahalu

Somanahalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Somanahalu 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Somanahalu from other places

Somanahalu lies about 33 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Sasalu, about 14 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 Somanahalu
Nearest railway station	Sasalu	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	18 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	33 km

Villages closest to Somanahalu

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 Somanahalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanahalu village had a population of 218. That makes it the 174th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Somanahalu village has 118 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanahalu has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Somanahalu is 577552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanahalu covers 107.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somanahalu falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somanahalu is Sasalu, about 14 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 village for Somanahalu.

Somanahalu is about 33 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somanahalu is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Sasalu is about 14 km away. Channagiri is about 18 km away. Davanagere is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.