# Samaspur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Samaspur

Samaspur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **366 people in 83 households**, the 122nd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 366people (2011)
- 83households
- 67.0%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samaspur

Of every 100 households in Samaspur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Samaspur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****84%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**29%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Samaspur?

■ Samaspur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**972

Working population ****51.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 55.0% for women. 67% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 40 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (77%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Bansihari

- Habeli381 people
- Bejebikair380 people
- Sahabaddipur377 people
- Dahuakuri366 people
- Kandarpur356 people
- Raghabnagar342 people
- Paharpur341 people
- Sardarpur328 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samaspur?366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samaspur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samaspur?67.0% (Census 2011)