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Kantira Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Kantira is a medium size village located in Sukinda Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 283 families residing. The Kantira village has population of 1448 of which 750 are males while 698 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantira village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 13.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantira village is 931 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantira as per census is 798, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantira village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantira village was 70.29 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantira Male literacy stands at 80.50 % while female literacy rate was 59.57 %.

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

Kantira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,448 750 698
Child (0-6) 196 109 87
Schedule Caste 1,311 684 627
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.29 % 80.50 % 59.57 %
Total Workers 551 440 111
Main Worker 416 - -
Marginal Worker 135 52 83

Caste Factor

In Kantira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.54 % of total population in Kantira village. The village Kantira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantira village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 75.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.