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About Somalapura Village

Somalapura is a small village in Channarayapatna tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 118 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Channarayapatna
Pincode 573111
Area (hectares) 138.98 hectares
Population 245
Male Population 118
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somalapura compares

By the 2011 count Somalapura is the 288th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 138.98 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Somalapura

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

Somalapura lies about 39 km from Hassan. 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 Somalapura
Tehsil headquarters Channarayapatna 6.9 km
Nearest town Channarāyapatna 6.9 km
District headquarters Hassan 39 km

Villages closest to Somalapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somalapura village had a population of 245. That makes it the 288th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Somalapura village has 118 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalapura has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Somalapura is 573111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somalapura covers 138.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somalapura falls under Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

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

Somalapura is about 39 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalapura is in Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district. Channarayapatna is about 6.9 km away. Channarāyapatna is about 6.9 km away. Hassan is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Valageresomanahalli (under 2 km), Nandipura (2.0 km) and Badakanahalli (2.0 km).

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

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