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About Somalwada Village

Somalwada is a small village in Budni tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 150 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 693 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.64 hectares hectares.

Somalwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalwada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Budni
Area (hectares) 152.64 hectares
Population 254
Male Population 150
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 693
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 Somalwada compares

By the 2011 count Somalwada is the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 152.64 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 885.

Getting to Somalwada

Somalwada is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Somalwada 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 Somalwada from other places

Somalwada lies about 100 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Itarsi Junction, about 5.5 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 Somalwada
Nearest railway station Itarsi Junction 5.5 km
Nearest town Itārsi 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Budni 24 km
District headquarters Sehore 100 km

Villages closest to Somalwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somalwada village had a population of 254. That makes it the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Somalwada village has 150 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalwada has about 693 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Somalwada covers 152.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somalwada falls under Budni tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Somalwada is Itarsi Junction, about 5.5 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 10+ km distance for Somalwada.

Somalwada is about 100 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalwada is in Budni tehsil of Sehore district. Itarsi Junction is about 5.5 km away. Itārsi is about 6.0 km away. Budni is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dehri (6.7 km), Bamhori (13 km) and Bagwada (20 km).

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

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