About Somandurai Village

Somandurai is one of the larger villages in Pollachi tehsil, in the district of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,559, made up of 2,706 males and 2,853 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 645.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 643124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somandurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somandurai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Tehsil	Pollachi
Pincode	643124
Area (hectares)	645.83 hectares
Population	5,559
Male Population	2,706
Female Population	2,853
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Somandurai compares

By the 2011 count Somandurai is the 9th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents. Its 645.83 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Somandurai

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

Somandurai lies about 48 km from Coimbatore, and the nearest railway station is Anamalai Road, about 8.4 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 Somandurai
Nearest town	Kottur	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Anamalai Road	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pollachi	9.9 km
District headquarters	Coimbatore	48 km

Villages closest to Somandurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somandurai village had a population of 5,559. That makes it the 9th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents.

Somandurai village has 2,706 males and 2,853 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somandurai has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Somandurai is 643124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somandurai covers 645.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Somandurai falls under Pollachi tehsil of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Somandurai is Anamalai Road, about 8.4 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 village for Somandurai.

Somandurai is about 48 km from Coimbatore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somandurai is in Pollachi tehsil of Coimbatore district. Kottur is about 3.9 km away. Anamalai Road is about 8.4 km away. Pollachi is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.