About Samari Village

Samari is a mid sized village in Samri tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 846, made up of 458 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 550.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samari village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Samri
Pincode	497224
Area (hectares)	550.3 hectares
Population	846
Male Population	458
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samari compares

By the 2011 count Samari is the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 978 residents. Its 550.3 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Samari

Samari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Samari as Available. 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 Samari from other places

Samari lies about 82 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 52 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 Samari
Tehsil headquarters	Samri	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	52 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	62 km
District headquarters	Surguja	82 km

Villages closest to Samari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Samri 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 Samari

As per the Census of India 2011, Samari village had a population of 846. That makes it the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 978 residents.

Samari village has 458 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samari has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Samari is 497224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samari covers 550.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Samari falls under Samri tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Samari is Barwadih Junction, about 52 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Samari.

Samari is about 82 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samari is in Samri tehsil of Surguja district. Samri is about under 2 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 52 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.