# Samaruwa Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Samaruwa

Samaruwa is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **926 people in 137 households**, the 366th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 926people (2011)
- 137households
- 66.7%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samaruwa

Of every 100 households in Samaruwa in 2011, 11 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samaruwa · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**24%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****40%**

**73%

Television ****16%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Samaruwa?

■ Samaruwa · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****716**

**889

Working population ****50.2%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 52.1% for women. 58% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 25 (5%) · **■** Other work 36 (8%) · **■** Marginal 340 (73%)

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

- Kisunipur939 people
- Atar Suiya938 people
- Hakim Patty935 people
- Veere Saon935 people
- Pataila920 people
- Sarayan Mohammad Jia914 people
- Yakoobpur914 people
- Rampur910 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samaruwa?926 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samaruwa in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Samaruwa?66.7% (Census 2011)