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About Somanahalli Village

Somanahalli is a small village in Krishnarajanagara tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 143 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571610, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Krishnarajanagara
Pincode 571610
Area (hectares) 236.19 hectares
Population 303
Male Population 143
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,119
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Somanahalli is the 134th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents. Its 236.19 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

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 10+ km distance. 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 Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 15 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 town Hunsūr 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Krishnaraja Nagar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Krishnarajanagara 32 km
District headquarters Mysore 32 km

Villages closest to Somanahalli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Krishnarajanagara 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 303. That makes it the 134th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents.

Somanahalli village has 143 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanahalli has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Somanahalli is 571610. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanahalli covers 236.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somanahalli falls under Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somanahalli is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Somanahalli.

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

Somanahalli is in Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district. Hunsūr is about 5.6 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 15 km away. Krishnarajanagara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bannikuppe (1.8 km), Mudalakoppalu (3.9 km) and Gayanahalli (6.2 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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