# Samooda Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Samooda

Samooda is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **585 people in 92 households**, the 347th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 585people (2011)
- 92households
- 74.7%literacy
- 1,060females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samooda

Of every 100 households in Samooda in 2011, 11 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Samooda · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**91%

Use banking services ****69%**

**80%

Television ****44%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

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 Samooda?

■ Samooda · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**904

Working population ****72.5%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 66.1% for women. 73% of men and 72% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 107 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (31%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 176 (42%)

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 Khajni

- Indrapar Khurd592 people
- Mathkhem Karan592 people
- Sarsaikast Har Prasad590 people
- Deonathpur589 people
- Balihari584 people
- Herpur582 people
- Rajpur578 people
- Kotiadar574 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samooda?585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samooda in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Samooda?74.7% (Census 2011)