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About Somla Village

Somla is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,326, made up of 739 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.07 hectares hectares.

Somla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somla village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 396.07 hectares
Population 1,326
Male Population 739
Female Population 587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 794
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somla compares

By the 2011 count Somla is the 100th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 396.07 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Somla

Somla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Somla as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Somla from other places

Somla lies about 9.1 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, 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 Somla
Nearest railway station Ratona 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 9.1 km
Nearest town Saugor 9.1 km

Villages closest to Somla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somla village had a population of 1,326. That makes it the 100th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Somla village has 739 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somla has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Somla covers 396.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somla falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Somla is Ratona, about 4.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Somla.

Somla is about 9.1 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somla is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Ratona is about 4.9 km away. Sagar is about 9.1 km away. Saugor is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chakroda (under 2 km), Kanera Gond (2.1 km) and Bhapel (2.7 km).

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

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