# Samsia Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Samsia

Samsia is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,176 people in 275 households**, the 58th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,176people (2011)
- 275households
- 67.4%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samsia

Of every 100 households in Samsia in 2011, 33 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samsia · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****96%**

**18%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**24%

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 Samsia?

■ Samsia · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**955

Working population ****30.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 61.4% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (47%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (26%) · **■** Marginal 22 (6%)

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 Kushmundi

- Aminpur1,199 people
- Kandaha1,194 people
- Nabhor1,187 people
- Durgapur1,185 people
- Ayera1,133 people
- Bhetahar1,088 people
- Amlahar1,069 people
- Bara Damodarpur1,067 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samsia?1,176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samsia in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samsia?67.4% (Census 2011)