About Somalsar Village

Somalsar is a large village in Nokha tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,004, made up of 1,629 males and 1,375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2539.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334803, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somalsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somalsar village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bikaner
Tehsil	Nokha
Pincode	334803
Area (hectares)	2539.8 hectares
Population	3,004
Male Population	1,629
Female Population	1,375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Somalsar compares

By the 2011 count Somalsar is the 48th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents. Its 2539.8 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Somalsar

Somalsar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Somalsar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Somalsar from other places

Somalsar lies about 52 km from Bikaner, and the nearest railway station is Nokha, about 5.6 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 Somalsar
Nearest railway station	Nokha	5.6 km
District headquarters	Bikaner	52 km

Villages closest to Somalsar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somalsar village had a population of 3,004. That makes it the 48th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents.

Somalsar village has 1,629 males and 1,375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somalsar has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Somalsar is 334803. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somalsar covers 2539.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somalsar falls under Nokha tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Somalsar is Nokha, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Somalsar.

Somalsar is about 52 km from Bikaner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somalsar is in Nokha tehsil of Bikaner district. Nokha is about 5.6 km away. Bikaner is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.