About Somanamallapura Village

Somanamallapura is a mid sized village in Honnali tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 798, made up of 414 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 874.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanamallapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanamallapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Honnali
Pincode	577217
Area (hectares)	874.73 hectares
Population	798
Male Population	414
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somanamallapura compares

By the 2011 count Somanamallapura is the 94th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 874.73 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Somanamallapura

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

Somanamallapura lies about 61 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Harnahalli, about 7.2 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 Somanamallapura
Nearest railway station	Harnahalli	7.2 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Honnali	22 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	61 km

Villages closest to Somanamallapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanamallapura village had a population of 798. That makes it the 94th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Somanamallapura village has 414 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanamallapura has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Somanamallapura is 577217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanamallapura covers 874.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somanamallapura falls under Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somanamallapura is Harnahalli, about 7.2 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 Somanamallapura.

Somanamallapura is about 61 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somanamallapura is in Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district. Harnahalli is about 7.2 km away. Shivamogga is about 19 km away. Honnali is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.