About Somangalam Village

Somangalam is a large village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,376, made up of 2,199 males and 2,177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 812.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600069, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Somangalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somangalam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Sriperumbudur
Pincode	600069
Area (hectares)	812.86 hectares
Population	4,376
Male Population	2,199
Female Population	2,177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Somangalam compares

By the 2011 count Somangalam is the 11th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 812.86 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Somangalam

Somangalam 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 Somangalam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10 km distance. 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 Somangalam from other places

Somangalam lies about 38 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Perungalattur, about 8.2 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 Somangalam
Nearest town	Perunkalattu	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Perungalattur	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sriperumbudur	10 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	38 km

Villages closest to Somangalam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somangalam village had a population of 4,376. That makes it the 11th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Somangalam village has 2,199 males and 2,177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somangalam has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Somangalam is 600069. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Somangalam covers 812.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Somangalam falls under Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Somangalam is Perungalattur, about 8.2 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 10 km distance for Somangalam.

Somangalam is about 38 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somangalam is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Perunkalattu is about 6.2 km away. Perungalattur is about 8.2 km away. Sriperumbudur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.