# Samahai Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Samahai

Samahai is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,342 people in 734 households**, the 12th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 4,342people (2011)
- 734households
- 68.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samahai

Of every 100 households in Samahai in 2011, 10 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Samahai · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**86%

Tap water ****13%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**36%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****78%**

**83%

Television ****24%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Samahai?

■ Samahai · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**933

Working population ****31.3%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 55.3% for women. 44% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 257 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 593 (44%) · **■** Household industry 81 (6%) · **■** Other work 129 (9%) · **■** Marginal 298 (22%)

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 Gauriganj

- Madho Pur4,717 people
- Guwawan4,716 people
- Resi4,554 people
- Gaura4,349 people
- Ghatampur4,190 people
- Saintha4,076 people
- Barauliya3,878 people
- Mau3,865 people

[All 259 villages in Gauriganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/gauriganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samahai?4,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samahai in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Samahai?68.3% (Census 2011)