# Samastipur Village, Sarmera, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sarmera, Nalanda 

# Samastipur

Samastipur is a village in Sarmera sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **449 people in 71 households**, the 26th largest of 29 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.1%.

- 449people (2011)
- 71households
- 47.2%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Samastipur PIN code and other codes

Samastipur falls in Sarmera sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSasaur
- Community development blockSarmera
- Census village code244500

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Samastipur from nearby towns?

- Sarmera (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)37 km by road
- Barbigha (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Samastipur?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Samastipur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sarmera
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Samastipur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 95% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Samastipur

Of every 100 households in Samastipur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samastipur · ■ Sarmera rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****56%**

**38%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Samastipur?

■ Samastipur · ■ Sarmera rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.2%**

**55.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1262**

**926

Working population ****45.4%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 33.8% for women. 46% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 75 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (7%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 109 (53%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sarmera

- Jagjiwanpur696 people
- Sekhra674 people
- Pojh566 people
- Moti Bigha466 people
- Fatehpur Dumra446 people
- Misia404 people
- Rupaspur360 people

[All 35 villages in Sarmera](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/sarmera/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Samastipur from Biharsharif?37 km by road
- What is the population of Samastipur?449 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samastipur in?Nalanda district (Sarmera sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Samastipur?47.2% (Census 2011)