Kantu Population - Dohad, Gujarat

Kantu is a large village located in Dhanpur Taluka of Dohad district, Gujarat with total 274 families residing. The Kantu village has population of 2012 of which 966 are males while 1046 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantu village population of children with age 0-6 is 596 which makes up 29.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantu village is 1083 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantu as per census is 1199, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Kantu village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantu village was 56.36 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Kantu Male literacy stands at 64.60 % while female literacy rate was 48.40 %.

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

Kantu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	274	-	-
Population	2,012	966	1,046
Child (0-6)	596	271	325
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	2,006	963	1,043
Literacy	56.36 %	64.60 %	48.40 %
Total Workers	817	377	440
Main Worker	600	-	-
Marginal Worker	217	27	190

Caste Factor

In Kantu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.70 % of total population in Kantu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kantu village of Dohad.

Work Profile

In Kantu village out of total population, 817 were engaged in work activities. 73.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 817 workers engaged in Main Work, 334 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 263 were Agricultural labourer.