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About Samphur Village

Samphur is a mid sized village in Longmatra tehsil, in the district of Kiphire, Nagaland. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,049, made up of 518 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males.

Samphur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samphur village
Description Value
State Nagaland
District Kiphire
Tehsil Longmatra
Population 1,049
Male Population 518
Female Population 531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
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 Samphur compares

By the 2011 count Samphur is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 429 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Samphur

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

Samphur lies about 4.1 km from Kiphire, and the nearest railway station is Molvom, about 93 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 Samphur
District headquarters Kiphire 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Longmatra 6.1 km
Nearest town Zunheboto 30 km
Nearest railway station Molvom 93 km

Villages closest to Samphur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samphur village had a population of 1,049. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 429 residents.

Samphur village has 518 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samphur has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Samphur falls under Longmatra tehsil of Kiphire district in Nagaland.

The nearest railway station to Samphur is Molvom, about 93 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 Samphur.

Samphur is about 4.1 km from Kiphire in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samphur is in Longmatra tehsil of Kiphire district. Kiphire is about 4.1 km away. Longmatra is about 6.1 km away. Zunheboto is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tsongphong (2.8 km), Tethezu (3.2 km) and Longmatra Hq (5.8 km).

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

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