# Samahan Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Samahan

Samahan is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,490 people in 813 households**, the 15th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 5,490people (2011)
- 813households
- 72.3%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samahan

Of every 100 households in Samahan in 2011, 46 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Samahan · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**85%

Tap water ****18%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****84%**

**73%

Television ****38%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Samahan?

■ Samahan · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**912

Working population ****30.2%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 56.8% for women. 39% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 253 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (3%) · **■** Household industry 29 (2%) · **■** Other work 350 (21%) · **■** Marginal 976 (59%)

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 Meja

- Kathauli6,323 people
- Chhatava Uparhar6,253 people
- Kosada Kalan5,910 people
- Kohrar5,904 people
- Rajapur5,148 people
- Bhatauti5,126 people
- Dighiya5,097 people
- Javaniya4,848 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samahan?5,490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samahan in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Samahan?72.3% (Census 2011)