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Kantika Population - Bhadrak, Orissa

Kantika is a large village located in Dhusuri Block of Bhadrak district, Orissa with total 417 families residing. The Kantika village has population of 2056 of which 1085 are males while 971 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantika village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 11.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantika village is 895 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantika as per census is 763, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantika village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantika village was 87.63 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantika Male literacy stands at 94.61 % while female literacy rate was 80.00 %.

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

Kantika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 417 - -
Population 2,056 1,085 971
Child (0-6) 245 139 106
Schedule Caste 414 219 195
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.63 % 94.61 % 80.00 %
Total Workers 623 607 16
Main Worker 372 - -
Marginal Worker 251 243 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.14 % of total population in Kantika village. The village Kantika currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantika village out of total population, 623 were engaged in work activities. 59.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 623 workers engaged in Main Work, 241 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.