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About Somur Village

Somur is a mid sized village in Deglur tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,074, made up of 524 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 383 hectares hectares.

Somur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Deglur
Area (hectares) 383 hectares
Population 1,074
Male Population 524
Female Population 550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somur compares

By the 2011 count Somur is the 67th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents. Its 383 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Somur

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

Somur lies about 88 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Bodhan, about 39 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 Somur
Tehsil headquarters Deglur 14 km
Nearest railway station Bodhan 39 km
District headquarters Nanded 88 km

Villages closest to Somur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somur village had a population of 1,074. That makes it the 67th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents.

Somur village has 524 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somur has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Somur covers 383 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somur falls under Deglur tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somur is Bodhan, about 39 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 Somur.

Somur is about 88 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somur is in Deglur tehsil of Nanded district. Deglur is about 14 km away. Bodhan is about 39 km away. Nanded is about 88 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijalwadi (4.0 km), Yergi (5.0 km) and Devapur (6.5 km).

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

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