About Somesar Village

Somesar is a mid sized village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,772, made up of 937 males and 835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1043.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somesar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somesar village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Shergarh
Pincode	342025
Area (hectares)	1043.54 hectares
Population	1,772
Male Population	937
Female Population	835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somesar compares

By the 2011 count Somesar is the 53rd largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 1043.54 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Somesar

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

Somesar lies about 90 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Ashapura Gomat, about 50 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 Somesar
Tehsil headquarters	Shergarh	30 km
Nearest town	Pokaran	46 km
Nearest railway station	Ashapura Gomat	50 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	90 km

Villages closest to Somesar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somesar village had a population of 1,772. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Somesar village has 937 males and 835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somesar has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Somesar is 342025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somesar covers 1043.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Somesar falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Somesar is Ashapura Gomat, about 50 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 Somesar.

Somesar is about 90 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somesar is in Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. Shergarh is about 30 km away. Pokaran is about 46 km away. Ashapura Gomat is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.