About Sama Village

Sama is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 921, made up of 427 males and 494 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 441.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263633, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sama village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263633
Area (hectares)	441.92 hectares
Population	921
Male Population	427
Female Population	494
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,157
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sama compares

By the 2011 count Sama is the 17th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 441.92 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Sama

Sama is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sama 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sama from other places

Sama lies about 29 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 91 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 Sama
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	12 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	29 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	47 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	91 km

Villages closest to Sama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sama village had a population of 921. That makes it the 17th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Sama village has 427 males and 494 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sama has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Sama is 263633. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sama covers 441.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sama falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sama is Kathgodam, about 91 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 village for Sama.

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

Sama is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 12 km away. Bageshwar is about 29 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.