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Kantasaru Population - Nabarangapur, Orissa

Kantasaru is a medium size village located in Paparahandi Block of Nabarangapur district, Orissa with total 347 families residing. The Kantasaru village has population of 1612 of which 786 are males while 826 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantasaru village population of children with age 0-6 is 339 which makes up 21.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantasaru village is 1051 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantasaru as per census is 982, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kantasaru village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantasaru village was 23.02 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantasaru Male literacy stands at 28.94 % while female literacy rate was 17.48 %.

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

Kantasaru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 347 - -
Population 1,612 786 826
Child (0-6) 339 171 168
Schedule Caste 61 30 31
Schedule Tribe 1,420 692 728
Literacy 23.02 % 28.94 % 17.48 %
Total Workers 596 372 224
Main Worker 374 - -
Marginal Worker 222 35 187

Caste Factor

In Kantasaru village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.78 % of total population in Kantasaru village.

Work Profile

In Kantasaru village out of total population, 596 were engaged in work activities. 62.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 596 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 212 were Agricultural labourer.