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Kantamal Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Kantamal is a medium size village located in Kegaon Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 403 families residing. The Kantamal village has population of 1568 of which 807 are males while 761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantamal village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 14.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantamal village is 943 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantamal as per census is 1009, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kantamal village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantamal village was 48.48 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantamal Male literacy stands at 61.49 % while female literacy rate was 34.51 %.

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

Kantamal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 403 - -
Population 1,568 807 761
Child (0-6) 223 111 112
Schedule Caste 203 102 101
Schedule Tribe 275 140 135
Literacy 48.48 % 61.49 % 34.51 %
Total Workers 765 483 282
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 406 168 238

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.54 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.95 % of total population in Kantamal village.

Work Profile

In Kantamal village out of total population, 765 were engaged in work activities. 46.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 765 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.