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About Somanalli Village

Somanalli is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 170 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1508.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somanalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somanalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Yellapur
Pincode 581347
Area (hectares) 1508.21 hectares
Population 315
Male Population 170
Female Population 145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somanalli compares

By the 2011 count Somanalli is the 50th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 1508.21 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Somanalli

Somanalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Somanalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Somanalli from other places

Somanalli lies about 40 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ambewadi, about 46 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 Somanalli
Tehsil headquarters Yellapur 13 km
Nearest town Yellāpur 13 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 40 km
Nearest railway station Ambewadi 46 km

Villages closest to Somanalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somanalli village had a population of 315. That makes it the 50th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Somanalli village has 170 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somanalli has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Somanalli is 581347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somanalli covers 1508.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somanalli falls under Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Somanalli is Ambewadi, about 46 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 <5 km distance for Somanalli.

Somanalli is about 40 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somanalli is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Yellapur is about 13 km away. Yellāpur is about 13 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhomnalli (under 2 km), Kerehosalli (2.5 km) and Hasalmane (2.6 km).

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

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