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About Sompur Village

Sompur is a mid sized village in Ghatol tehsil, in the district of Banswara, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,600, made up of 783 males and 817 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 327026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sompur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sompur village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Banswara
Tehsil Ghatol
Pincode 327026
Area (hectares) 575 hectares
Population 1,600
Male Population 783
Female Population 817
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sompur compares

By the 2011 count Sompur is the 56th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 575 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Sompur

Sompur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sompur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sompur from other places

Sompur lies about 14 km from Banswara, and the nearest railway station is Barayla Chaurasi, about 61 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 Sompur
District headquarters Banswara 14 km
Nearest town Bānswāra 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghatol 15 km
Nearest railway station Barayla Chaurasi 61 km

Villages closest to Sompur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sompur village had a population of 1,600. That makes it the 56th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Sompur village has 783 males and 817 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sompur has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Sompur is 327026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sompur covers 575 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sompur falls under Ghatol tehsil of Banswara district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sompur is Barayla Chaurasi, about 61 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sompur.

Sompur is about 14 km from Banswara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sompur is in Ghatol tehsil of Banswara district. Banswara is about 14 km away. Bānswāra is about 14 km away. Ghatol is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gorchha (2.7 km), Kherwari (2.9 km) and Barbadiya (3.1 km).

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

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