About Somthana Village

Somthana is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 926, made up of 501 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440.58 hectares hectares.

Somthana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somthana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Area (hectares)	440.58 hectares
Population	926
Male Population	501
Female Population	425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
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 74th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 440.58 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 925.

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 14 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kekatumar, about 13 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	Kekatumar	13 km
District headquarters	Washim	14 km
Nearest town	Wāshīm	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	16 km

Villages closest to Somthana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Malegaon 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 926. That makes it the 74th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Somthana village has 501 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somthana has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Somthana covers 440.58 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 Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somthana is Kekatumar, about 13 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 14 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somthana is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Kekatumar is about 13 km away. Washim is about 14 km away. Wāshīm is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.