Notified Area Council · Balangir district
Kantabanji
Kantabanji is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Balangir district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 21,819 people in 4,887 households, up 8.6% from 20,095 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 21,819
- Literacy
- 78.5%
- Area
- 7.77 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 16
- Sub-district
- Kantabanji
- LGD body code
- 250552
People and work in Kantabanji
- Population
- 21,819
- 11,258 male · 10,561 female
- Households
- 4,887
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 78.5%
- men 86.3% · women 70.3%below urban Balangir (83.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 938
- below urban Balangir (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 893
- People per km²
- 2,808
- Scheduled Castes
- 3,969 (18.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 707 (3.2%)
What the 7,230 workers did
- Cultivators94 (1.3%)
- Agricultural labourers30 (0.4%)
- Household industry252 (3.5%)
- Other work6,328 (87.5%)
- Marginal workers526 (7.3%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1951
Census counts for each decade in which Kantabanji was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 7.77 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Tureikela
- Annual rainfall
- 1,103.48 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 48.7°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 410 km by road
- District headquarters
- Balangir, 80 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kantabanji (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 221 km
- Roads
- 50 km pucca, 180 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,414
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 17 (12 government, 5 private)
- Middle schools
- 9 (4 government, 5 private)
- Secondary schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 3 (1 government, 2 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 30 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 14
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Cotton
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Balangir
See also: Kantabanji sub-district · People of Balangir district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Kantabanji as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.