About Somgaon Village

Somgaon is a mid sized village in Punasa tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,240, made up of 647 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.5 hectares hectares.

Somgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somgaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Punasa
Area (hectares)	589.5 hectares
Population	1,240
Male Population	647
Female Population	593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somgaon compares

By the 2011 count Somgaon is the 64th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 589.5 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Somgaon

Somgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Somgaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Somgaon from other places

Somgaon lies about 32 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Bir, about 4.9 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 Somgaon
Nearest railway station	Bir	4.9 km
Nearest town	Chhanerā	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Punasa	31 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	32 km

Villages closest to Somgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somgaon village had a population of 1,240. That makes it the 64th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Somgaon village has 647 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somgaon has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Somgaon covers 589.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somgaon falls under Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Somgaon is Bir, about 4.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Somgaon.

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

Somgaon is in Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district. Bir is about 4.9 km away. Chhanerā is about 14 km away. Punasa is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.