About Sampur Village

Sampur is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 59 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sampur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814144
Area (hectares)	80 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	59
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sampur compares

By the 2011 count Sampur is the 167th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 80 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Sampur

Sampur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sampur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sampur from other places

Sampur lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Sampur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Sampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sampur village had a population of 126. That makes it the 167th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Sampur village has 59 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sampur has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Sampur is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sampur covers 80 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sampur falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sampur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sampur.

Sampur is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sampur is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Ranishwar is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.