About Somanahalli Village

Somanahalli is a small village in Arkalgud tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 203 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Arkalgud
Pincode	573142
Area (hectares)	132.88 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	203
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Somanahalli is the 149th largest of the 259 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 132.88 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Somanahalli

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

Somanahalli lies about 32 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Mavinakere, about 18 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 Somanahalli
Tehsil headquarters	Arkalgud	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Mavinakere	18 km
Nearest town	Holenarasipura	20 km
District headquarters	Hassan	32 km

Villages closest to Somanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanahalli village had a population of 410. That makes it the 149th largest of the 259 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Somanahalli village has 203 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanahalli has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Somanahalli is 573142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanahalli covers 132.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somanahalli falls under Arkalgud tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somanahalli is Mavinakere, about 18 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 Somanahalli.

Somanahalli is about 32 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somanahalli is in Arkalgud tehsil of Hassan district. Arkalgud is about 5.3 km away. Mavinakere is about 18 km away. Holenarasipura is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.