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Sama Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Sama is a large village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 410 families residing. The Sama village has population of 2071 of which 1075 are males while 996 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sama village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 11.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sama village is 927 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sama as per census is 911, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Sama village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sama village was 76.53 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sama Male literacy stands at 90.02 % while female literacy rate was 61.99 %.

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

Sama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 410 - -
Population 2,071 1,075 996
Child (0-6) 235 123 112
Schedule Caste 259 131 128
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.53 % 90.02 % 61.99 %
Total Workers 849 597 252
Main Worker 450 - -
Marginal Worker 399 242 157

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.51 % of total population in Sama village. The village Sama currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sama village out of total population, 849 were engaged in work activities. 53.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 849 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.