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About Somnathapur Village

Somnathapur is a mid sized village in Basta tehsil, in the district of Baleshwar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 815, made up of 431 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somnathapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somnathapur village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Baleshwar
Tehsil Basta
Pincode 756027
Area (hectares) 11 hectares
Population 815
Male Population 431
Female Population 384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Somnathapur compares

By the 2011 count Somnathapur is the 40th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 617 residents. Its 11 hectares work out to about 74 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Somnathapur

The census records public bus service for Somnathapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sherapur, Shibagatia, Sialipada and Silada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Somnathapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Somnathapur village had a population of 815. That makes it the 40th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 617 residents.

Somnathapur village has 431 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somnathapur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Somnathapur is 756027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somnathapur covers 11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 74 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Somnathapur falls under Basta tehsil of Baleshwar district in Odisha.

The census record for Somnathapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Somnathapur.

Somnathapur is in Basta tehsil of Baleshwar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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