Somasamudra

Kurugodu block · Ballari district, Karnataka · PIN 583155 · village code 604892

Population 2011

7,958

Census of India

Population 2020

8,275

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+4.0%

317 people · 0.4% a year

Households

1,876

+22.1% vs 1,536 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

7,958

Male / female

3,989 / 3,969

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

995

Children aged 0–6

1,091

Literacy rate

52.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,410 / 1,725

Working population

4,504

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

89.1%

Households

1,536

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

700

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,675

Non-farm households

186

Share of households farming, 2020

90%

Net sown area

8,338 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

8,338 / 562 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Somasamudra panchayat, Kurugodu zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹73.26 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹22.92 lakh

Received directly

₹14.39 lakh

Spent

₹27.17 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹83.40 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹33.30 lakh · received ₹9.17 lakh · spent ₹9.89 lakh · left ₹32.58 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹39.96 lakh · received ₹13.75 lakh · spent ₹17.28 lakh · left ₹50.82 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

15.2432, 76.9038 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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