Kanta Population - Koraput, Orissa

Kanta is a medium size village located in Padua Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 124 families residing. The Kanta village has population of 496 of which 229 are males while 267 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 15.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanta village is 1166 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanta as per census is 1143, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kanta village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanta village was 53.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kanta Male literacy stands at 73.71 % while female literacy rate was 36.12 %.

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

Kanta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	124	-	-
Population	496	229	267
Child (0-6)	75	35	40
Schedule Caste	216	109	107
Schedule Tribe	216	91	125
Literacy	53.44 %	73.71 %	36.12 %
Total Workers	279	141	138
Main Worker	158	-	-
Marginal Worker	121	30	91

Caste Factor

In Kanta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.55 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 43.55 % of total population in Kanta village.

Work Profile

In Kanta village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 56.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.