# Samka Village, Ranbir Singh Pora, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Ranbir Singh Pora, Jammu 

# Samka

Samka is a village in Ranbir Singh Pora sub-district of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **181102**. The 2011 Census counted **377 people in 79 households**, the 128th largest of 163 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.3%.

- 377people (2011)
- 79households
- 81.7%literacy
- 181102PIN code

## Samka PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Samka is 181102.** Samka falls in Ranbir Singh Pora sub-district, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code181102
- Gram panchayatSamka
- Community development blockR.S. Pura
- Census village code005997

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

## How far is Samka from nearby towns?

- R.S.Pura (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Jammu (district HQ)32 km by road
- R.S.Pura (nearest town)6 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 Samka?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Samka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · R.S.Pura
- ○Degree college10+ km · R.S.Pura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · R.S.Pura
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Samka known for?

The main crops are **wheat, paddy and maize**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 100% of the 146 hectares of village land is sown, and 144 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 Samka

Of every 100 households in Samka in 2011, 100 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 96 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 58 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Samka · ■ Ranbir Singh Pora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**63%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**88%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****96%**

**65%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****4%**

**32%

Use banking services ****99%**

**87%

Television ****96%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****58%**

**40%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**6%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Samka?

■ Samka · ■ Ranbir Singh Pora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**82.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**902

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**718

Working population ****27.9%**

**28.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 76.9% for women. 44% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 32 (30%) · **■** Other work 33 (31%) · **■** Marginal 40 (38%)

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 Ranbir Singh Pora

- Satowali404 people
- Chak Harni396 people
- Gondla396 people
- Qadar Pur387 people
- Baina Garh373 people
- Talia358 people
- Kapur Pur346 people
- Agwan332 people

[All 190 villages in Ranbir Singh Pora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/ranbir-singh-pora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Samka?181102
- How far is Samka from Jammu?32 km by road
- What is the population of Samka?377 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samka in?Jammu district (Ranbir Singh Pora sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Samka?81.7% (Census 2011)
