# Samokhan Village, Nanpara, Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nanpara, Bahraich 

# Samokhan

Samokhan is a village in Nanpara sub-district of Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,545 people in 593 households**, the 114th largest of 410 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 42.8%.

- 3,545people (2011)
- 593households
- 51.5%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samokhan

Of every 100 households in Samokhan in 2011, 7 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Samokhan · ■ Nanpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**89%

Tap water ****24%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****44%**

**64%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**20%

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 Samokhan?

■ Samokhan · ■ Nanpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.5%**

**42.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**892

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1003**

**943

Working population ****35.3%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.1% for men and 38.9% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 283 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 331 (26%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 168 (13%) · **■** Marginal 457 (36%)

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 Nanpara

- Baraiya Kalan3,587 people
- Kalwari3,569 people
- Pipriya3,566 people
- Bhagwanpur Katghara3,558 people
- Dihwa3,534 people
- Bela Makan3,526 people
- Bhopatpur Belwa3,514 people
- Jaitapur3,478 people

[All 425 villages in Nanpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bahraich/nanpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samokhan?3,545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samokhan in?Bahraich district (Nanpara sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Samokhan?51.5% (Census 2011)