Author: Swain, S.K.; Shome, N. ; Sahu, P.C.; Samantaray, A.C. & Mahapatra, S.N.
Title: Town Survey Report Bellaguntha
Description: Delhi, Controller of Publications, (1989). orig.wrappers. 28x22cm, x,(4),276 pp, Series: Census of India 1981, Series 16 - Orissa, Part X - B.. 16pp photoplates, 2 maps. Corner bump, minor rubbing & soil, Good + ¶ Includes textual tables + 2 maps (1 folding); 2 single-side graphs + 16pp photoplates. Study of a town in the northwestern corner of Ganjam district of Orissa state (ca. 165 km from Bhubaneswar), famous for its handicraft ball-metal brass industry. Details topography; history of growth of the town; amenities & services; economic life; ethnic & selected social- demographic characteristics; migration & settlement of families; neighbourhood pattern; family life; housing & material culture; slums, blighted & other areas of substandard living conditions; organization of power & prestige; leisure & recreation,religion,crime, etc. Publisher's colophon on rear cover reads: " PRG 22.81 (Orissa) - 300 -1989 (DSK II)" [ ie: published in an edition of 300 copies]

Keywords: Orissa, Social statistics, Urban sociology, South Asia, Census of India, Social anthropology, Social geography, Demography, Population, Bellaguntha