About Somthana Village

Somthana is a mid sized village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 975, made up of 502 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 675 hectares hectares.

Somthana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somthana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Karanja
Area (hectares)	675 hectares
Population	975
Male Population	502
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
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 59th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 675 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

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 59 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Somthan, about under 2 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	Somthan	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karanja	11 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	11 km
District headquarters	Washim	59 km

Villages closest to Somthana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karanja 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 975. That makes it the 59th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Somthana village has 502 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somthana has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Somthana covers 675 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somthana falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somthana is Somthan, about under 2 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 59 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 Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Somthan is about under 2 km away. Karanja is about 11 km away. Kāranja is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.