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Kantia Population - Puri, Orissa

Kantia is a medium size village located in Nimapada Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 129 families residing. The Kantia village has population of 548 of which 268 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantia village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 10.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantia village is 1045 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantia as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kantia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantia village was 79.27 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantia Male literacy stands at 88.75 % while female literacy rate was 70.24 %.

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

Kantia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 548 268 280
Child (0-6) 56 28 28
Schedule Caste 178 86 92
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.27 % 88.75 % 70.24 %
Total Workers 229 177 52
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 40 9 31

Caste Factor

Kantia village of Puri has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.48 % of total population in Kantia village. The village Kantia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantia village out of total population, 229 were engaged in work activities. 82.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 229 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.