# Samsabad Village, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Samsabad

Samsabad is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,249 people in 1,508 households**, the 2nd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 8,249people (2011)
- 1,508households
- 82.2%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samsabad

Of every 100 households in Samsabad in 2011, 37 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Samsabad · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**11%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****21%**

**31%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Samsabad?

■ Samsabad · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**922

Working population ****27.3%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 79.3% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 222 (10%) · **■** Household industry 33 (1%) · **■** Other work 665 (30%) · **■** Marginal 1,259 (56%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Kalicharanpur9,257 people
- Kenda Mari Jalpai7,604 people
- Jalpai Part-VII7,369 people
- Gokul Nagar7,213 people
- Mahammadpur6,322 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samsabad?8,249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samsabad in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samsabad?82.2% (Census 2011)