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About Somthana Village

Somthana is a mid sized village in Manwath tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,220, made up of 623 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609 hectares hectares.

Somthana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somthana village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Parbhani
Tehsil Manwath
Area (hectares) 609 hectares
Population 1,220
Male Population 623
Female Population 597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 958
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Somthana compares

By the 2011 count Somthana is the 33rd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents. Its 609 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

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 5 - 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 22 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Manwat Road, about 5.9 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 railway station Manwat Road 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Manwath 12 km
District headquarters Parbhani 22 km

Villages closest to Somthana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manwath 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 1,220. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents.

Somthana village has 623 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somthana has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

Somthana covers 609 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somthana falls under Manwath tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somthana is Manwat Road, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 22 km from Parbhani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somthana is in Manwath tehsil of Parbhani district. Manwat Road is about 5.9 km away. Manwath is about 12 km away. Parbhani is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atola (under 2 km), Narlad (2.9 km) and Pardi (3.2 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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