# Samasabad Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Samasabad

Samasabad is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,085 people in 525 households**, the 47th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,085people (2011)
- 525households
- 68.7%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samasabad

Of every 100 households in Samasabad in 2011, 36 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Samasabad · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**25%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Samasabad?

■ Samasabad · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**954

Working population ****49.4%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 61.4% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 537 (52%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 226 (22%) · **■** Marginal 165 (16%)

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 Sagardighi

- Chandigram Raghunathpur2,218 people
- Diara2,150 people
- Binod2,110 people
- Bhola2,095 people
- Hukarhat2,012 people
- Sagardighi1,966 people
- Kherur1,863 people
- Uttar Ramnagar1,807 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samasabad?2,085 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samasabad in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samasabad?68.7% (Census 2011)