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About Somna Village

Somna is a large village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,005, made up of 1,103 males and 902 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.3 hectares hectares.

Somna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somna village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Gabhana
Area (hectares) 325.3 hectares
Population 2,005
Male Population 1,103
Female Population 902
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Somna compares

By the 2011 count Somna is the 50th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 325.3 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Somna

The census records public bus service for Somna as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Somna from other places

Somna lies about 24 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, about 9.5 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 Somna
Tehsil headquarters Gabhana 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Danwar 9.5 km
Nearest town Khair 16 km
District headquarters Aligarh 24 km

Villages closest to Somna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Somna village had a population of 2,005. That makes it the 50th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Somna village has 1,103 males and 902 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somna has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Somna covers 325.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Somna falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Somna is Danwar, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Somna.

Somna is about 24 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Somna is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Gabhana is about 3.2 km away. Danwar is about 9.5 km away. Khair is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khempur (under 2 km), Deopur (under 2 km) and Panihavar (1.5 km).

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

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