About Samda Village

Samda is a large village in Basantpur tehsil, in the district of Supaul, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,313, made up of 1,235 males and 1,078 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542 hectares hectares.

Samda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samda village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Supaul
Tehsil	Basantpur
Area (hectares)	542 hectares
Population	2,313
Male Population	1,235
Female Population	1,078
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samda compares

By the 2011 count Samda is the 30th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents. Its 542 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Samda

Samda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Samda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Samda from other places

Samda lies about 84 km from Supaul, and the nearest railway station is Arariya, about 6.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Samda
Nearest railway station	Arariya	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basantpur	7.2 km
Nearest town	Arāria	9.3 km
District headquarters	Supaul	84 km

Villages closest to Samda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basantpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Samda

As per the Census of India 2011, Samda village had a population of 2,313. That makes it the 30th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents.

Samda village has 1,235 males and 1,078 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samda has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Samda covers 542 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samda falls under Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Samda is Arariya, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Samda.

Samda is about 84 km from Supaul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samda is in Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district. Arariya is about 6.4 km away. Basantpur is about 7.2 km away. Arāria is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.