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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Samla is a village in Haroa mandal, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,976 across 454 households. The village has a literacy rate of 67.2% and is located at coordinates 22.547°N, 88.699°E, with PIN code 743425.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MOMOTAZ KHATUN
Contact: 83****1117
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- LGD code
- 323697
- Pincode
- 743425
- Post office
- Haroa
- Population
- 1,976
- Households
- 454
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 603
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 31 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 34 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1211 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kankra Mirzanagar · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Minakhan RH · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Samla compares
By population, Samla ranks #42 of 90 villages in Haroa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
+3.5% vs mandal average
- Samla
- 67.2%
- Haroa mandal
- 63.7%
- North 24 Parganas district
- 76.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+66 vs mandal average
- Samla
- 996
- Haroa mandal
- 930
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Samla
- 4.4
- Haroa mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samla at a glance
Samla is a village of 1,976 people in 454 households (Census 2011) in Haroa block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 42nd-largest of 90 villages in Haroa block. Literacy is 67%, 4 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the North 24 Parganas district centre, 11 km from Chaital, the nearest town, 13 km from Kankra Mirzanagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 743425, served by Haroa post office; the LGD village code is 323697. The nearest hospital or health centre is Minakhan RH, 6 km away. The sarpanch is MOMOTAZ KHATUN, and the village votes in Amdanga assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mohammad Kasem Siddique. The population is estimated at 2,210 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khasbalanda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samla · this village | 1,976 | 67% | — |
| Roykhan · Haroa | 2,007 | 71% | 1.6 km NE |
| Ranigachhi · Haroa | 5,947 | 56% | 2 km NW |
| Kachurhula · Minakhan | 3,540 | 60% | 2.2 km E |
| Makhali · Haroa | 1,539 | 63% | 2.3 km SW |
| Bantosha · Haroa | 758 | 71% | 2.4 km N |
| Haldaha · Haroa | 1,353 | 45% | 3.5 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Samla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 161.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Samla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Samla
- LGD code
- 323697
- Pincode
- 743425
- Post office
- Haroa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,976
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,210
- Households
- 454
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.54655°N, 88.69861°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Barrackpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Amdanga
- Member of Parliament
- Partha Bhowmick
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mohammad Kasem Siddique
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MOMOTAZ KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Haroa
Getting there
How to reach Samla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata34 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1211 km
- Delhi1334 km
- Chennai1379 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKankra Mirzanagar13 km
- Bus stopKB22 Bus stand8 km
- Hospital / PHCMinakhan RH6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India19 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil25 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology Main Building.25 km
- Police stationHasnabad Police Station23 km
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Villages near Samla
Other villages in Haroa mandal
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- Haripur
- Kharupala
- Ranigachhi
- Mazampur
- Atghara
- Jampur
- Dhantala
- Laugachhi
- Kalikapur
- Shankarpur
- Bhayda
- Radhanagar
- Munsi Gheri
- Radhanagar Abhirampur
- Paikpara
- Narayanpur
- Goalpukur
- Nazarnagar
- Salipur
- Kulti
- Rameshwarpur
- Khalisadi
- Madartala
- Chauhata
- Pukhuria
- Andulia
- Akandabaria
- Goalpota
- Latar Bagan
- Haroa
- Khatra
- Meherpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)