# Samaspur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Samaspur

Samaspur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,615 people in 300 households**, the 25th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 1,615people (2011)
- 300households
- 63.2%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samaspur

Of every 100 households in Samaspur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samaspur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**71%

Tap water ****45%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**70%

Use banking services ****17%**

**44%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**31%

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 Samaspur?

■ Samaspur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**956

Working population ****42.0%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 54.0% for women. 41% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (28%) · **■** Household industry 147 (22%) · **■** Other work 61 (9%) · **■** Marginal 270 (40%)

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 Farakka

- Kendua2,408 people
- Sikarpur2,328 people
- Bagdabra2,284 people
- Kashinagar2,076 people
- Tulsi Pukur1,570 people
- Hosenpur1,504 people
- Jadabpur Nimtala1,373 people
- Damodarpur1,360 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samaspur?1,615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samaspur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samaspur?63.2% (Census 2011)