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- LGD code
- 506884
- Pincode
- 370040
- Post office
- Sukhpar
- Population
- 3,108
- Households
- 703
- Literacy rate
- 63%
- Sex ratio
- 1053 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,076
- Distance to district centre
- 72 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 77 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 321 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 576 km
- Nearest railway station
- Deshalpar · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Kirtan Patel · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Samatra compares
By population, Samatra ranks #24 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.0%
+12.7% vs mandal average
- Samatra
- 63.0%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,053
+89 vs mandal average
- Samatra
- 1,053
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Samatra
- 4.4
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samatra at a glance
Samatra is a village of 3,108 people in 703 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 24th-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 63%, 13 points above the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,053 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Kachchh district centre, 30 km from Nakhatrana, the nearest town, 6 km from Deshalpar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370040, served by Sukhpar post office; the LGD village code is 506884. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Kirtan Patel, 11 km away. The village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 3,664 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Samatra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHUJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SAMATRA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,248.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 290
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Samatra
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Key facts — Samatra
- LGD code
- 506884
- Pincode
- 370040
- Post office
- Sukhpar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,108
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,664
- Households
- 703
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1053
- Literacy rate
- 63.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.19222°N, 69.49704°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
- Nearest railway station
- Chirai (78.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Samatra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar321 kmcapital
- Mumbai576 km
- Delhi979 km
- Hyderabad1138 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDeshalpar6 km
- Bus stopKera Bus Station16 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Kirtan Patel11 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petroleum14 km
- CollegeGovernment High school14 km
- Police stationKutch District Police Headquarters18 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)