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Kantigadia Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Kantigadia is a medium size village located in Panikoili Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 243 families residing. The Kantigadia village has population of 1225 of which 626 are males while 599 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantigadia village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 10.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantigadia village is 957 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantigadia as per census is 868, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantigadia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantigadia village was 86.61 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantigadia Male literacy stands at 92.29 % while female literacy rate was 80.74 %.

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

Kantigadia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,225 626 599
Child (0-6) 127 68 59
Schedule Caste 291 148 143
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.61 % 92.29 % 80.74 %
Total Workers 348 334 14
Main Worker 237 - -
Marginal Worker 111 104 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.76 % of total population in Kantigadia village. The village Kantigadia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantigadia village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 68.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 63 were Agricultural labourer.