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Kantapayara Population - Puri, Orissa

Kantapayara is a medium size village located in Astaranga Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 114 families residing. The Kantapayara village has population of 511 of which 255 are males while 256 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantapayara village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 9.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantapayara village is 1004 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantapayara as per census is 667, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantapayara village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantapayara village was 78.09 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantapayara Male literacy stands at 84.00 % while female literacy rate was 72.46 %.

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

Kantapayara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 511 255 256
Child (0-6) 50 30 20
Schedule Caste 141 69 72
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.09 % 84.00 % 72.46 %
Total Workers 184 157 27
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 116 102 14

Caste Factor

Kantapayara village of Puri has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.59 % of total population in Kantapayara village. The village Kantapayara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantapayara village out of total population, 184 were engaged in work activities. 36.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 184 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.