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About Somalwada Village

Somalwada is a mid sized village in Lakhani tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,628, made up of 818 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.71 hectares hectares.

Somalwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalwada village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Lakhani
Area (hectares) 346.71 hectares
Population 1,628
Male Population 818
Female Population 810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somalwada compares

By the 2011 count Somalwada is the 18th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents. Its 346.71 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Somalwada

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

Somalwada lies about 19 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Koka, about 22 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
Tehsil headquarters Lakhani 19 km
District headquarters Bhandara 19 km
Nearest town Bhandāra 19 km
Nearest railway station Koka 22 km

Villages closest to Somalwada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhani 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 1,628. That makes it the 18th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents.

Somalwada village has 818 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalwada has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Somalwada covers 346.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somalwada falls under Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somalwada is Koka, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Somalwada.

Somalwada is about 19 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalwada is in Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district. Lakhani is about 19 km away. Bhandara is about 19 km away. Bhandāra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kinhi (under 2 km), Gadegaon (2.3 km) and Lakhani (2.5 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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