About Somalapura Village

Somalapura is a mid sized village in Gubbi tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,393, made up of 702 males and 691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Gubbi
Pincode	572222
Area (hectares)	292.42 hectares
Population	1,393
Male Population	702
Female Population	691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 39th largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 292.42 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 25 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Nittur, about 10 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 Somalapura
Nearest railway station	Nittur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gubbi	11 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	25 km
Nearest town	Tumkūr	25 km

Villages closest to Somalapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somalapura village had a population of 1,393. That makes it the 39th largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Somalapura village has 702 males and 691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalapura has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Somalapura is 572222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somalapura covers 292.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somalapura falls under Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somalapura is Nittur, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Somalapura.

Somalapura is about 25 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalapura is in Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district. Nittur is about 10 km away. Gubbi is about 11 km away. Tumkur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.