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About Somanakoppa Village

Somanakoppa is a mid sized village in Kalghatgi tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,086, made up of 570 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 510.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanakoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanakoppa village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dharwad
Tehsil Kalghatgi
Pincode 581204
Area (hectares) 510.4 hectares
Population 1,086
Male Population 570
Female Population 516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somanakoppa compares

By the 2011 count Somanakoppa is the 48th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 510.4 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Somanakoppa

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

Somanakoppa lies about 36 km from Dharwad. 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 Somanakoppa
Tehsil headquarters Kalghatgi 5.6 km
Nearest town Hubballi 28 km
District headquarters Dharwad 36 km

Villages closest to Somanakoppa

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

Common questions about Somanakoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanakoppa village had a population of 1,086. That makes it the 48th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Somanakoppa village has 570 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanakoppa has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Somanakoppa is 581204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanakoppa covers 510.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somanakoppa falls under Kalghatgi tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The census record for Somanakoppa notes the nearest railway station 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 Somanakoppa.

Somanakoppa is about 36 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somanakoppa is in Kalghatgi tehsil of Dharwad district. Kalghatgi is about 5.6 km away. Hubballi is about 28 km away. Dharwad is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shivanapur (under 2 km), Belavantra (1.5 km) and Dyavankonda (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Somanakoppa today is likely to be higher.

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