# Samaha Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Samaha

Samaha is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,377 people in 185 households**, the 255th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,377people (2011)
- 185households
- 72.1%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samaha

Of every 100 households in Samaha in 2011, 39 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Samaha · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**24%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****88%**

**73%

Television ****51%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

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 Samaha?

■ Samaha · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**889

Working population ****56.6%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 57.8% for women. 51% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 349 (45%) · **■** Household industry 45 (6%) · **■** Other work 59 (8%) · **■** Marginal 202 (26%)

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 Handia

- Sarai Hoosay1,385 people
- Holapur1,384 people
- Mirzapur1,381 people
- Devadahana1,380 people
- Rikhipur1,362 people
- Sevana1,354 people
- Uanakat1,353 people
- Chatpur Patti1,352 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samaha?1,377 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samaha in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Samaha?72.1% (Census 2011)