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Kantakai Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Kantakai is a medium size village located in Baidyeswar Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 378 families residing. The Kantakai village has population of 1845 of which 973 are males while 872 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantakai village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 11.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantakai village is 896 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantakai as per census is 897, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantakai village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantakai village was 82.52 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantakai Male literacy stands at 90.18 % while female literacy rate was 73.97 %.

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

Kantakai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,845 973 872
Child (0-6) 203 107 96
Schedule Caste 213 111 102
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.52 % 90.18 % 73.97 %
Total Workers 667 561 106
Main Worker 446 - -
Marginal Worker 221 153 68

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.54 % of total population in Kantakai village. The village Kantakai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantakai village out of total population, 667 were engaged in work activities. 66.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 667 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.