Samsara
Pingla block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721131
· village code 342696
Population 2011
1,019
Census of India
Population 2020
1,139
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
120 people · 1.2% a year
Households
185
-27.2% vs 254 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,019
Male / female
517 / 502
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
118
Literacy rate
73.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
41 / 0
Working population
576
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.9%
Households
254
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
45
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 8 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pindurui panchayat, Pingla zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹40.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.78 lakh
Received directly
₹56,112
Spent
₹89.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.66 lakh · received ₹29.50 lakh · spent ₹36.96 lakh · left ₹6.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.78 lakh · received ₹42.28 lakh · spent ₹52.80 lakh · left ₹16.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1802, 87.5994 —
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