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Sam Population - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Sam is a medium size village located in Jaisalmer Tehsil of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan with total 248 families residing. The Sam village has population of 1502 of which 785 are males while 717 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sam village population of children with age 0-6 is 282 which makes up 18.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sam village is 913 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Sam as per census is 1029, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Sam village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Sam village was 55.66 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Sam Male literacy stands at 74.15 % while female literacy rate was 34.84 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sam 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 Sam village.

Sam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,502 785 717
Child (0-6) 282 139 143
Schedule Caste 1,134 602 532
Schedule Tribe 236 125 111
Literacy 55.66 % 74.15 % 34.84 %
Total Workers 766 414 352
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 345 181 164

Caste Factor

In Sam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 75.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.71 % of total population in Sam village.

Work Profile

In Sam village out of total population, 766 were engaged in work activities. 54.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 766 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.