About Sompura Village

Sompura is a mid sized village in Belur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 578, made up of 293 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sompura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sompura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Belur
Pincode	573115
Area (hectares)	140.11 hectares
Population	578
Male Population	293
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sompura compares

By the 2011 count Sompura is the 78th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 140.11 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Sompura

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

Sompura lies about 8.8 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Alur, about 4.5 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 Sompura
Nearest railway station	Alur	4.5 km
District headquarters	Hassan	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Belur	23 km

Villages closest to Sompura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sompura village had a population of 578. That makes it the 78th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Sompura village has 293 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sompura has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Sompura is 573115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sompura covers 140.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sompura falls under Belur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sompura is Alur, about 4.5 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 Sompura.

Sompura is about 8.8 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sompura is in Belur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 4.5 km away. Hassan is about 8.8 km away. Belur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.