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Kantakhali Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Kantakhali is a medium size village located in JARADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 71 families residing. The Kantakhali village has population of 341 of which 165 are males while 176 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantakhali village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantakhali village is 1067 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantakhali as per census is 1222, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kantakhali village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantakhali village was 55.48 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantakhali Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 44.81 %.

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

Kantakhali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 341 165 176
Child (0-6) 40 18 22
Schedule Caste 127 59 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.48 % 66.67 % 44.81 %
Total Workers 203 107 96
Main Worker 132 - -
Marginal Worker 71 29 42

Caste Factor

In Kantakhali village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.24 % of total population in Kantakhali village. The village Kantakhali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantakhali village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 65.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.