Samba is a Municipal Committee city in district of Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The Samba city is divided into 13 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Samba Municipal Committee has population of 12,700 of which 6,979 are males while 5,721 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1365 which is 10.75 % of total population of Samba (MC). In Samba Municipal Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 820 against state average of 889. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Samba is around 806 compared to Jammu and Kashmir state average of 862. Literacy rate of Samba city is 90.45 % higher than state average of 67.16 %. In Samba, Male literacy is around 94.52 % while female literacy rate is 85.49 %.
Samba Municipal Committee has total administration over 2,566 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Samba 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Samba Municipal Committee in 2024 is approximately
17,900.
The schedule census of 2021 for Samba city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Samba city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Samba town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Samba Caste Factor
Samba (MC) of Samba has substantial population of Schedule Caste.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.04 % of total population in Samba (MC).
Samba Work Profile
Out of total population, 4,356 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 3,885 were males while 471 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 4356 working population, 91.80 % were engaged in Main Work while 8.20 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.