# Samakata Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Samakata

Samakata is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **830 people in 158 households**, the 52nd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 830people (2011)
- 158households
- 55.4%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samakata

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

■ Samakata · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****1%**

**34%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Samakata?

■ Samakata · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**969

Working population ****56.0%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 40.4% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (32%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 205 (44%)

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 Puncha

- Raghunathpur891 people
- Gagda852 people
- Sargara841 people
- Arali837 people
- Simakanali829 people
- Narendrapur817 people
- Negurya797 people
- Dhabani771 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samakata?830 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samakata in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samakata?55.4% (Census 2011)