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About Samnapur Village

Samnapur is a mid sized village in Bankhedi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,715, made up of 921 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.54 hectares hectares.

Samnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samnapur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Bankhedi
Area (hectares) 607.54 hectares
Population 1,715
Male Population 921
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Samnapur compares

By the 2011 count Samnapur is the 17th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents. Its 607.54 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 929.

Getting to Samnapur

Samnapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Samnapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Samnapur from other places

Samnapur lies about 26 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 24 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 Samnapur
Nearest railway station Barkhera 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Bankhedi 26 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 26 km
Nearest town Narmadapuram 26 km

Villages closest to Samnapur

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

Common questions about Samnapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Samnapur village had a population of 1,715. That makes it the 17th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents.

Samnapur village has 921 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samnapur has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Samnapur covers 607.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samnapur falls under Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samnapur is Barkhera, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Samnapur.

Samnapur is about 26 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samnapur is in Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Barkhera is about 24 km away. Bankhedi is about 26 km away. Hoshangabad is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Isharpur Randhir (3.8 km), Rechhoda Daryao (4.6 km) and Amhora (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Samnapur today is likely to be higher.

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