# Samsara Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/samsara/

Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Samsara

Samsara is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,165 people in 284 households**, the 86th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,165people (2011)
- 284households
- 78.9%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samsara

Of every 100 households in Samsara in 2011, 54 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Samsara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**86%

Use banking services ****98%**

**56%

Television ****40%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Samsara?

■ Samsara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**942

Working population ****46.7%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 70.2% for women. 65% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 214 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 318 (58%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 3 (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 Polba - Dadpur

- Bhabanipur1,203 people
- Bhushali1,198 people
- Patul1,186 people
- Kadipara1,169 people
- Amarpur1,156 people
- Kalora1,156 people
- Kharari1,143 people
- Sekendarpur1,142 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samsara?1,165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samsara in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samsara?78.9% (Census 2011)