About Somthana Village

Somthana is a small village in Kandhar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 241 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431742, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somthana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somthana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Kandhar
Pincode	431742
Area (hectares)	223 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	241
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
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 115th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 939.

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 25 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Chondi, about 12 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	Basmat	11 km
Nearest railway station	Chondi	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandhar	25 km
District headquarters	Nanded	25 km

Villages closest to Somthana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kandhar 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 478. That makes it the 115th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents.

Somthana village has 241 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somthana has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Somthana is 431742. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somthana covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somthana falls under Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somthana is Chondi, about 12 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 25 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somthana is in Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district. Basmat is about 11 km away. Chondi is about 12 km away. Kandhar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.