About Somthana Village

Somthana is a mid sized village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,055, made up of 562 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.37 hectares hectares.

Somthana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somthana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Chikhli
Area (hectares)	228.37 hectares
Population	1,055
Male Population	562
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somthana compares

By the 2011 count Somthana is the 83rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 228.37 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 932.

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 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 21 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 47 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	Chikhli	5.0 km
District headquarters	Buldana	21 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	47 km

Villages closest to Somthana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chikhli 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 1,055. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Somthana village has 562 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somthana has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Somthana covers 228.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somthana falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somthana is Khamgaon, about 47 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 - 10 km distance for Somthana.

Somthana is about 21 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somthana is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 5.0 km away. Buldana is about 21 km away. Khamgaon is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.