# Sambai Village, Pottangi, Koraput (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Pottangi, Koraput 

# Sambai

Sambai is a village in Pottangi sub-district of Koraput district, Odisha, PIN code **764039**. The 2011 Census counted **2,978 people in 703 households**, the 6th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 18.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 34.7%.

- 2,978people (2011)
- 703households
- 18.0%literacy
- 764039PIN code

## Sambai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sambai is 764039.** Sambai falls in Pottangi sub-district, Koraput district, Odisha.

- PIN code764039
- Gram panchayatSambai
- Community development blockPottangi
- Census village code430083

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

## How far is Sambai from nearby towns?

- Pottangi (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Koraput (district HQ)72 km by road
- Jeypur (nearest town)49 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 Sambai?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Sambai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pottangi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pottangi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Semiliguda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 16 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 Sambai known for?

The main crops are **ragi, paddy and zinger**. About 18% of the 1,958 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Sambai

Of every 100 households in Sambai in 2011, 5 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sambai · ■ Pottangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**86%

Tap water ****29%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****8%**

**47%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****83%**

**73%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Sambai?

■ Sambai · ■ Pottangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****18.0%**

**34.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**1032

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**939

Working population ****63.9%**

**55.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 24.6% for men and 12.0% for women. 63% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 705 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (10%) · **■** Other work 14 (1%) · **■** Marginal 998 (52%)

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 Pottangi

- Kandili3,517 people
- Baraja3,049 people
- Renga3,044 people
- Deopottangi3,019 people
- Tangini2,860 people
- Pukali2,678 people
- Marla2,072 people
- Sorisapodar1,926 people

[All 106 villages in Pottangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/koraput/pottangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sambai?764039
- How far is Sambai from Koraput?72 km by road
- What is the population of Sambai?2,978 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sambai in?Koraput district (Pottangi sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Sambai?18.0% (Census 2011)