# Samantamara Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Samantamara

Samantamara is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **311 people in 63 households**, the 136th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 311people (2011)
- 63households
- 84.8%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samantamara

Of every 100 households in Samantamara in 2011, 53 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samantamara · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**32%

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

**4%

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

**65%

Use banking services ****100%**

**60%

Television ****19%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Samantamara?

■ Samantamara · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**943

Working population ****23.5%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 73.8% for women. 43% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (64%) · **■** Other work 19 (26%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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 Barjora

- Saragara343 people
- Kamarsol339 people
- Kamala331 people
- Monoharbati316 people
- Kalberia309 people
- Kururiya305 people
- Harishpur297 people
- Muktapur297 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samantamara?311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samantamara in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samantamara?84.8% (Census 2011)