# Samra Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Samra

Samra is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **390 people in 88 households**, the 159th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 390people (2011)
- 88households
- 67.9%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samra

Of every 100 households in Samra in 2011, 69 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samra · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**95%

Use banking services ****8%**

**27%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Samra?

■ Samra · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**936

Working population ****44.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 64.1% for women. 68% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (37%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 95 (55%)

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 Gangarampur

- Chakshri409 people
- Adigram407 people
- Naodapara401 people
- Rampur390 people
- Ratanpur388 people
- Sekhpur366 people
- Sekhmina358 people
- Hasanpur353 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samra?390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samra?67.9% (Census 2011)