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About Sompur Village

Sompur is a small village in Raghogarh tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 125 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares.

Sompur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sompur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Raghogarh
Area (hectares) 198 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 125
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sompur compares

By the 2011 count Sompur is the 102nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 679 residents. Its 198 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 909.

Getting to Sompur

Sompur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sompur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sompur from other places

Sompur lies about 31 km from Guna. 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 Sompur
Tehsil headquarters Raghogarh 10 km
Nearest town Rāghogarh 10 km
District headquarters Guna 31 km

Villages closest to Sompur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sompur village had a population of 256. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 679 residents.

Sompur village has 125 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sompur has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 909.

Sompur covers 198 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.

Sompur falls under Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Sompur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Sompur is about 31 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sompur is in Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district. Raghogarh is about 10 km away. Rāghogarh is about 10 km away. Guna is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kishangarh (1.7 km), Barkhua (3.1 km) and Barkhuwa Khurd (3.1 km).

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

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