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About Somnathpur Village

Somnathpur is a small village in Bansdih tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 266 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 733 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.78 hectares hectares.

Somnathpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Somnathpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Bansdih
Area (hectares) 22.78 hectares
Population 461
Male Population 266
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 733
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Somnathpur compares

By the 2011 count Somnathpur is the 220th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents. Its 22.78 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Somnathpur

Somnathpur 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 Somnathpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Sidhanpura, Sidhouli Taluka Sukhpura, Sighi and Sirisia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Somnathpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Somnathpur village had a population of 461. That makes it the 220th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents.

Somnathpur village has 266 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Somnathpur has about 733 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Somnathpur covers 22.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Somnathpur falls under Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Somnathpur notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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

Somnathpur is in Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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