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About Somnathnagar Village

Somnathnagar is a mid sized village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 577 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.38 hectares hectares.

Somnathnagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somnathnagar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Manora
Area (hectares) 224.38 hectares
Population 1,134
Male Population 577
Female Population 557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Somnathnagar compares

By the 2011 count Somnathnagar is the 52nd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 224.38 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 936.

Getting to Somnathnagar

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

Somnathnagar lies about 44 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Bhandegaon, about 22 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 Somnathnagar
Tehsil headquarters Manora 2.4 km
Nearest town Digras 21 km
Nearest railway station Bhandegaon 22 km
District headquarters Washim 44 km

Villages closest to Somnathnagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somnathnagar village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Somnathnagar village has 577 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somnathnagar has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 936.

Somnathnagar covers 224.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somnathnagar falls under Manora tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Somnathnagar is Bhandegaon, about 22 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 Somnathnagar.

Somnathnagar is about 44 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somnathnagar is in Manora tehsil of Washim district. Manora is about 2.4 km away. Digras is about 21 km away. Bhandegaon 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 Gavha (under 2 km), Somthana (under 2 km) and Dhamni Manora (2.4 km).

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

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