About Somlapur Village

Somlapur is a mid sized village in Ranibennur tehsil, in the district of Haveri, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,484, made up of 789 males and 695 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somlapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somlapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Haveri
Tehsil	Ranibennur
Pincode	581115
Area (hectares)	398.62 hectares
Population	1,484
Male Population	789
Female Population	695
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somlapur compares

By the 2011 count Somlapur is the 58th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,033 residents. Its 398.62 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 940.

Getting to Somlapur

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

Somlapur lies about 42 km from Haveri, and the nearest railway station is Chalgeri, about 13 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 Somlapur
Nearest railway station	Chalgeri	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranibennur	16 km
Nearest town	Ranebennur	16 km
District headquarters	Haveri	42 km

Villages closest to Somlapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somlapur village had a population of 1,484. That makes it the 58th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,033 residents.

Somlapur village has 789 males and 695 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somlapur has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Somlapur is 581115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somlapur covers 398.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somlapur falls under Ranibennur tehsil of Haveri district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somlapur is Chalgeri, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Somlapur.

Somlapur is about 42 km from Haveri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somlapur is in Ranibennur tehsil of Haveri district. Chalgeri is about 13 km away. Ranibennur is about 16 km away. Ranebennur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.