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Kantasila Population - Puri, Orissa

Kantasila is a medium size village located in Chandanpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 249 families residing. The Kantasila village has population of 1254 of which 655 are males while 599 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantasila village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 11.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantasila village is 915 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantasila as per census is 905, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantasila village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantasila village was 78.98 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantasila Male literacy stands at 88.30 % while female literacy rate was 68.80 %.

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

Kantasila Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,254 655 599
Child (0-6) 141 74 67
Schedule Caste 141 75 66
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.98 % 88.30 % 68.80 %
Total Workers 399 365 34
Main Worker 294 - -
Marginal Worker 105 83 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.24 % of total population in Kantasila village. The village Kantasila currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantasila village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 73.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.