About Samal Village

Samal is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 362 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Sisai
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	362.32 hectares
Population	706
Male Population	362
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
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 Samal compares

By the 2011 count Samal is the 57th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 362.32 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Samal

Samal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Samal 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 Samal from other places

Samal lies about 19 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 27 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 Samal
Tehsil headquarters	Sisai	10 km
District headquarters	Gumla	19 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	19 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	27 km

Villages closest to Samal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samal village had a population of 706. That makes it the 57th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Samal village has 362 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samal has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Samal is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samal covers 362.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Samal falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Samal is Bakaspur, about 27 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 Samal.

Samal is about 19 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samal is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 10 km away. Gumla is about 19 km away. Gumlā is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.