About Samjia Village

Samjia is a mid sized village in Kumarganj tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,861, made up of 983 males and 878 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samjia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samjia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Kumarganj
Pincode	733141
Area (hectares)	223.79 hectares
Population	1,861
Male Population	983
Female Population	878
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samjia compares

By the 2011 count Samjia is the 18th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 814 residents. Its 223.79 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Samjia

Samjia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Samjia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Samjia from other places

Samjia lies about 23 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Mallickpur Hat, about 23 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 Samjia
Nearest railway station	Mallickpur Hat	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumarganj	23 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	23 km
Nearest town	Gangārāmpur	27 km

Villages closest to Samjia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samjia village had a population of 1,861. That makes it the 18th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 814 residents.

Samjia village has 983 males and 878 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samjia has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Samjia is 733141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samjia covers 223.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Samjia falls under Kumarganj tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Samjia is Mallickpur Hat, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Samjia.

Samjia is about 23 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samjia is in Kumarganj tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Mallickpur Hat is about 23 km away. Kumarganj is about 23 km away. Dakshin Dinajpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.