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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Samsara

Samsara is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,019 people in 254 households**, the 57th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,019people (2011)
- 254households
- 82.6%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samsara

Of every 100 households in Samsara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samsara · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**32%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

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

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****60%**

**60%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**942

Working population ****56.5%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 73.6% for women. 64% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 253 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (18%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 86 (15%) · **■** Marginal 115 (20%)

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 Pingla

- Uttar Bar1,069 people
- Santai1,067 people
- Upalda1,061 people
- Hatmalida1,031 people
- Tildaganja994 people
- Cha Hat954 people
- Raghunath Chak949 people
- Birsinghapur926 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samsara?1,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samsara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samsara?82.6% (Census 2011)