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Kantijhari Population - Puri, Orissa

Kantijhari is a medium size village located in Konark Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 143 families residing. The Kantijhari village has population of 615 of which 318 are males while 297 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantijhari village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 7.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantijhari village is 934 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantijhari as per census is 769, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantijhari village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantijhari village was 89.10 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantijhari Male literacy stands at 94.52 % while female literacy rate was 83.39 %.

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

Kantijhari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 615 318 297
Child (0-6) 46 26 20
Schedule Caste 35 19 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.10 % 94.52 % 83.39 %
Total Workers 184 178 6
Main Worker 168 - -
Marginal Worker 16 15 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.69 % of total population in Kantijhari village. The village Kantijhari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantijhari village out of total population, 184 were engaged in work activities. 91.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 184 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.