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Samshi Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Samshi is a large village located in Ratua - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 576 families residing. The Samshi village has population of 2686 of which 1363 are males while 1323 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samshi village population of children with age 0-6 is 276 which makes up 10.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samshi village is 971 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Samshi as per census is 903, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Samshi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Samshi village was 85.31 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Samshi Male literacy stands at 89.74 % while female literacy rate was 80.79 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Samshi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Samshi village.

Samshi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 576 - -
Population 2,686 1,363 1,323
Child (0-6) 276 145 131
Schedule Caste 130 77 53
Schedule Tribe 16 10 6
Literacy 85.31 % 89.74 % 80.79 %
Total Workers 858 732 126
Main Worker 631 - -
Marginal Worker 227 163 64

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.84 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.60 % of total population in Samshi village.

Work Profile

In Samshi village out of total population, 858 were engaged in work activities. 73.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 858 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.