By population, Somlapura ranks #20 of 80 villages in Koppa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Somlapura is a village of 1,352 people in 340 households (Census 2011) in Koppa taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, the 20th-largest of 80 villages in Koppa taluk. Literacy is 73%, 2 points below the taluk average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,064 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Chikkamagaluru district centre, 21 km from B.Kanabur, the nearest town, 51 km from Bellenahalli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577126, served by Koppa post office; the LGD village code is 609006. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aarogyanikethana Ayurvedic Clinic, 7 km away. The village votes in Sringeri assembly constituency, represented by MLA T.D.Rajegowda. The population is estimated at 1,535 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Marithotlu (Andhagaru) →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somlapura · this village | 1,352 | 73% | — |
| Somlapura · Channagiri | 2,998 | 51% | 0 km N |
| Marithotlu · Koppa | 684 | 75% | 3.2 km SW |
| Bintravalli · Koppa | 3,029 | 81% | 3.3 km E |
| Machikoppa · Koppa | 356 | 67% | 5.4 km S |
| Hariharapura · Krishnarajpet | 2,332 | 66% | 5.5 km W |
| Hariharapura · Shikarpur | 677 | 67% | 5.5 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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