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About Somthana Village

Somthana is a mid sized village in Manjlegaon tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,529, made up of 784 males and 745 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.45 hectares hectares.

Somthana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somthana village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Manjlegaon
Area (hectares) 244.45 hectares
Population 1,529
Male Population 784
Female Population 745
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somthana compares

By the 2011 count Somthana is the 47th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,709 residents. Its 244.45 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 912.

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 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 Somthana from other places

Somthana lies about 68 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Dhengli Pimpalgaon, about 24 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
Nearest town Pāthri 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Manjlegaon 17 km
Nearest railway station Dhengli Pimpalgaon 24 km
District headquarters Bid 68 km

Villages closest to Somthana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somthana village had a population of 1,529. That makes it the 47th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,709 residents.

Somthana village has 784 males and 745 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somthana has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Somthana covers 244.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Somthana falls under Manjlegaon tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somthana is Dhengli Pimpalgaon, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Somthana.

Somthana is about 68 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somthana is in Manjlegaon tehsil of Bid district. Pāthri is about 9.1 km away. Manjlegaon is about 17 km away. Dhengli Pimpalgaon 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 Adola (under 2 km), Sarwar Pimpalgaon (1.6 km) and Maltanda (2.6 km).

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

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