Kantakula Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Kantakula is a medium size village located in Hindol Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 109 families residing. The Kantakula village has population of 388 of which 185 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantakula village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 12.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantakula village is 1097 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantakula as per census is 750, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantakula village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantakula village was 83.48 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantakula Male literacy stands at 91.08 % while female literacy rate was 76.92 %.

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

Kantakula Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	109	-	-
Population	388	185	203
Child (0-6)	49	28	21
Schedule Caste	116	55	61
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.48 %	91.08 %	76.92 %
Total Workers	114	103	11
Main Worker	95	-	-
Marginal Worker	19	17	2

Caste Factor

Kantakula village of Dhenkanal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.90 % of total population in Kantakula village. The village Kantakula currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantakula village out of total population, 114 were engaged in work activities. 83.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 114 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.