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Kantapal Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Kantapal is a medium size village located in Bangiriposi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 136 families residing. The Kantapal village has population of 523 of which 279 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantapal village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 10.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantapal village is 875 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantapal as per census is 1292, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kantapal village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantapal village was 70.94 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantapal Male literacy stands at 89.02 % while female literacy rate was 49.30 %.

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

Kantapal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 523 279 244
Child (0-6) 55 24 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 515 274 241
Literacy 70.94 % 89.02 % 49.30 %
Total Workers 319 170 149
Main Worker 252 - -
Marginal Worker 67 29 38

Caste Factor

In Kantapal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.47 % of total population in Kantapal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kantapal village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Kantapal village out of total population, 319 were engaged in work activities. 79.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 319 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.