About Samalgram Village

Samalgram is a mid sized village in Raiganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 276 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samalgram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samalgram village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Raiganj
Pincode	733134
Area (hectares)	90.32 hectares
Population	521
Male Population	276
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
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 Samalgram compares

By the 2011 count Samalgram is the 193rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 90.32 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 941.

Getting to Samalgram

Samalgram is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Samalgram 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. The nearest villages by name are Rudrakhnda, Runia, Rupahar and Sadipur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Samalgram

As per the Census of India 2011, Samalgram village had a population of 521. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Samalgram village has 276 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samalgram has about 888 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 Samalgram is 733134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samalgram covers 90.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samalgram falls under Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Samalgram notes the nearest railway station 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 Samalgram.

Samalgram is in Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.