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Somanapura Population - Chamarajanagar, Karnataka

Somanapura is a medium size village located in Gundlupet Taluka of Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka with total 281 families residing. The Somanapura village has population of 1018 of which 498 are males while 520 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Somanapura village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 7.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Somanapura village is 1044 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Somanapura as per census is 1000, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Somanapura village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Somanapura village was 43.09 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Somanapura Male literacy stands at 49.24 % while female literacy rate was 37.21 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Somanapura village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Somanapura village.

Somanapura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,018 498 520
Child (0-6) 78 39 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 799 389 410
Literacy 43.09 % 49.24 % 37.21 %
Total Workers 555 321 234
Main Worker 552 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

In Somanapura village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.49 % of total population in Somanapura village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Somanapura village of Chamarajanagar.

Work Profile

In Somanapura village out of total population, 555 were engaged in work activities. 99.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 555 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 396 were Agricultural labourer.