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About Sompura Village

Sompura is a mid sized village in Koratagere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 727 males and 752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sompura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sompura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Koratagere
Pincode 572121
Area (hectares) 312.32 hectares
Population 1,479
Male Population 727
Female Population 752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sompura compares

By the 2011 count Sompura is the 17th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 312.32 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Sompura

Sompura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sompura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sompura from other places

Sompura lies about 32 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Someshwara, about 22 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 Sompura
Tehsil headquarters Koratagere 8.2 km
Nearest town Madhugiri 16 km
Nearest railway station Someshwara 22 km
District headquarters Tumkur 32 km

Villages closest to Sompura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sompura village had a population of 1,479. That makes it the 17th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Sompura village has 727 males and 752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sompura has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Sompura is 572121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sompura covers 312.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sompura falls under Koratagere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sompura is Someshwara, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sompura.

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

Sompura is in Koratagere tehsil of Tumkur district. Koratagere is about 8.2 km away. Madhugiri is about 16 km away. Someshwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hanumenahalli (under 2 km), Akkirampura (under 2 km) and Kathinagenahalli (2.0 km).

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

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