# Samara Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Samara

Samara is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **364 people in 65 households**, the 238th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 364people (2011)
- 65households
- 69.8%literacy
- 820females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samara

Of every 100 households in Samara in 2011, 37 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samara · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**98%

Use banking services ****80%**

**86%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Samara?

■ Samara · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****820**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**929

Working population ****53.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 55.6% for women. 52% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 123 (64%)

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 Ghorawal

- Janar378 people
- Majurahi370 people
- Manhawan366 people
- Khajurikala364 people
- Amadhi360 people
- Jamaghne353 people
- Mohani353 people
- Koharaul348 people

[All 345 villages in Ghorawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/ghorawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samara?364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samara in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Samara?69.8% (Census 2011)