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About Somanahalli Village

Somanahalli is a mid sized village in Hole Narsipur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 633, made up of 343 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573211, 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 Hole Narsipur
Pincode 573211
Area (hectares) 194.45 hectares
Population 633
Male Population 343
Female Population 290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
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 98th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 194.45 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

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 33 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Hole Narsipur, about 8.6 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
Nearest railway station Hole Narsipur 8.6 km
Nearest town Holenarasipura 8.9 km
District headquarters Hassan 33 km

Villages closest to Somanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanahalli village had a population of 633. That makes it the 98th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Somanahalli village has 343 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanahalli has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Somanahalli is 573211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanahalli covers 194.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somanahalli falls under Hole Narsipur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somanahalli is Hole Narsipur, about 8.6 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 33 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 Hole Narsipur tehsil of Hassan district. Hole Narsipur is about 8.6 km away. Holenarasipura is about 8.9 km away. Hassan is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gunje (under 2 km), Singapura (1.7 km) and Singapura Nala (1.7 km).

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

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