ills ▁of ▁the ▁mountains , ▁night s ▁in ▁S amba ▁are ▁slightly ▁cool er ▁than ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁areas ▁of ▁P un j ab . ▁S amba ' s ▁average ▁annual ▁ra inf all ▁is ▁. ▁Its ▁temperature ▁ranges ▁from ▁. ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁report ▁released ▁by ▁Census ▁India ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁S amba ▁Municipal ▁Committee ▁has ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 2 , 7 0 0 , ▁of ▁which ▁ 6 9 7 9 ▁( 5 5 %) ▁are ▁males ▁while ▁ 5 7 2 1 ▁( 4 5 %) ▁are ▁females . ▁There ▁are ▁ 1 3 6 5 ▁children ▁under ▁seven ▁years ▁old , ▁or ▁ 1 0 . 7 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁There ▁are ▁ 2 5 6 6 ▁households ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁and ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁five ▁people ▁live ▁in ▁each ▁family . ▁ ▁C aste ▁distribution ▁ ▁By ▁cas te , ▁ 7 1 % ▁of ▁S amba ▁residents ▁are ▁from ▁general ▁cas te , ▁ 2 8 . 5 7 % ▁are ▁from ▁schedule ▁cas te , ▁and ▁ 0 . 0 4 % ▁are ▁schedule ▁tribes . ▁ ▁Relig ious ▁distribution ▁ ▁In ▁S amba , ▁H indu ism ▁is ▁the ▁dominant ▁religion , ▁while , ▁Christians , ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁S ik hs ▁are ▁the ▁minor ities . ▁ ▁Population ▁growth ▁ ▁The ▁city ' s ▁population ▁decre ased ▁by ▁ 2 0 . 2 % ▁from