# Samashpur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Samashpur

Samashpur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,253 people in 312 households**, the 44th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,253people (2011)
- 312households
- 92.1%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samashpur

Of every 100 households in Samashpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samashpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****36%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**24%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****36%**

**36%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**21%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Samashpur?

■ Samashpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.1%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**943

Working population ****35.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 89.4% for women. 64% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 55 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (8%) · **■** Marginal 346 (79%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Babuidanri1,502 people
- Krishnapur1,456 people
- Chakrasul1,268 people
- Agraiya1,266 people
- Braja Kishorpur1,248 people
- Dhusurda1,237 people
- Baman Bar1,230 people
- Deulbar1,224 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samashpur?1,253 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samashpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samashpur?92.1% (Census 2011)