Gram panchayat · Bellaguntha block · Ganjam

Sasan gram panchayat

Sasan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bellaguntha block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,000 people in 958 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Surada assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 3
Population (2011): 5,000
Literacy: 80.9%
Area: 6.5 km²
LGD code: 117631

Villages of Sasan

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Luni Padasasan	666	3,740	84.4%	3%	0%
Badadodanga	229	990	66.4%	16%	0%
Sanadodanga	63	270	86.0%	10%	0%

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Sasan

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,000; 2,560 male · 2,440 female
Households: 958; about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 80.9%; above Bellaguntha block's villages (78.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 953; below Bellaguntha block's villages (1,015)
Children aged 0–6: 614; 12.3% of residents
Workers: 1,754; 35.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 311 (6.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 0 (0.0%)

What the 1,754 workers did

Cultivators244 (13.9%)
Agricultural labourers115 (6.6%)
Household industry21 (1.2%)
Other work360 (20.5%)
Marginal workers1,014 (57.8%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Sasan

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 6 km², 92% of it sown with crops.

Education

Primary school3 of 3
Middle school2 of 3
Secondary school1 of 3
Senior secondary school0 of 3
Degree college0 of 3

Health

Primary health centre0 of 3
Health sub-centre1 of 3
Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 3
Hand pump3 of 3
Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

All-weather road1 of 3
Public bus0 of 3
Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 3
Commercial bank0 of 3
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
Weekly haat0 of 3

Primary schools: 6
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Bellaguntha block

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