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Karnataka: Bagalkote Zilla Panchayat orders enquiry over attendance of Namma Clinic doctors following reports of MLA's niece drawing salary without working
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- LGD code
- 599025
- Pincode
- 587154
- Post office
- Ilkal Alampurpet
- Population
- 978
- Households
- 143
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Sex ratio
- 937 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 514
Census 2011 · in context
How Somalapur compares
By population, Somalapur ranks #35 of 72 villages in Ilkal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.6%
+4.0% vs mandal average
- Somalapur
- 58.6%
- Ilkal mandal
- 54.6%
- Bagalkote district
- 58.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
−46 vs mandal average
- Somalapur
- 937
- Ilkal mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
6.8
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Somalapur
- 6.8
- Ilkal mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Somalapur at a glance
Somalapur is a village of 978 people in 143 households (Census 2011) in Ilkal taluk, Bagalkote district, Karnataka, the 35th-largest of 72 villages in Ilkal taluk. Literacy is 59%, 4 points above the taluk average of 55% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 587154, served by Ilkal Alampurpet post office; the LGD village code is 599025. The village votes in Hungund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kashappanavara Vijayanand Shivashankrappa. The population is estimated at 1,110 in 2026, up 13% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hire-Oatgeri →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalapur · this village | 978 | 59% | — |
| Maratgeri · Ilkal | 1,982 | 50% | — |
| Hire-Otageri · Ilkal | 1,418 | 65% | — |
| Vajjal · Ilkal | 955 | 59% | — |
| Chick-Otageri · Ilkal | 945 | 60% | — |
| Gonal (S.T.) · Ilkal | 819 | 66% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Somalapur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ILKAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 83
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HIRE-OTAGERI
- Total area (ha)
- 677.54
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 59.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Somalapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Somalapur
- LGD code
- 599025
- Pincode
- 587154
- Post office
- Ilkal Alampurpet
- Population (Census 2011)
- 978
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,110
- Households
- 143
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bagalkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hungund
- Member of Parliament
- P. C. Gaddigoudar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kashappanavara Vijayanand Shivashankrappa
- Block / Mandal
- Ilkal
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 587154
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Other villages named Somalapur
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Somalapur
Other villages in Ilkal mandal
View all 60+ →- Kandgal
- Nandavadgi
- Kelur
- Ishwarnagar
- Karadi
- Kodihal
- Hiresinganagutti
- Hirekodagali
- Gorbal
- Vadageri
- Muradi
- Chikanal
- Maratgeri
- Balakundi
- Krishnapur
- Herur
- Chikadapur
- Chickkodagali
- Ilal
- Sevalalnagara
- Dammur
- Bhimanagad
- Kunabenchi
- Hire-Otageri
- Tallikeri
- Tumba
- Gonal (S.K.)
- Jambaladinni
- Chinnapur (S.T.)
- Chatnihal
- Gandal
- Budihal (S.K.)
- Amarawadgi
- Kambalihal
- Hireupnal
- Gorjnal
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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