About Somthana Village

Somthana is a mid sized village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 918, made up of 467 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.92 hectares hectares.

Somthana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somthana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Akola
Area (hectares)	467.92 hectares
Population	918
Male Population	467
Female Population	451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somthana compares

By the 2011 count Somthana is the 78th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 467.92 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Somthana

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

Somthana lies about 4.7 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Shivni Shivapur, about 4.8 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 Somthana
Tehsil headquarters	Akola	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Shivni Shivapur	4.8 km

Villages closest to Somthana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somthana village had a population of 918. That makes it the 78th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Somthana village has 467 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somthana has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

Somthana covers 467.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somthana falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somthana is Shivni Shivapur, about 4.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Somthana.

Somthana is about 4.7 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somthana is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Akola is about 4.7 km away. Shivni Shivapur is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.