About Samana Village

Samana is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 86 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 802 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176083
Area (hectares)	40.53 hectares
Population	155
Male Population	86
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	802
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Samana compares

By the 2011 count Samana is the 299th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 40.53 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1062.

Getting to Samana

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

How far is Samana from other places

Samana lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 7.0 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 Samana
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	23 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	28 km

Villages closest to Samana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samana village had a population of 155. That makes it the 299th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Samana village has 86 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samana has about 802 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Samana is 176083. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samana covers 40.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samana falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samana is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Samana.

Samana is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samana is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 7.0 km away. Palampur is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.