# Samsara Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Samsara

Samsara is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,390 people in 545 households**, the 9th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 2,390people (2011)
- 545households
- 81.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samsara

Of every 100 households in Samsara in 2011, 56 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samsara · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****46%**

**43%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Samsara?

■ Samsara · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**946

Working population ****32.0%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 72.6% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 241 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 19 (2%) · **■** Marginal 483 (63%)

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 Mohanpur

- Gomunda2,959 people
- Rajnagar2,885 people
- Nilda2,786 people
- Keot Khalisa2,696 people
- Rampura2,381 people
- Antla2,326 people
- Siyalsai2,302 people
- Bagda2,184 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samsara?2,390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samsara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samsara?81.2% (Census 2011)