Gram panchayat · Barkote block · Deogarh

Kantapali gram panchayat

Kantapali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Barkote block of Deogarh district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 4,518 people in 1,069 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Deogarh assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 4,518
Literacy: 65.2%
Area: 21.3 km²
LGD code: 117192

Villages of Kantapali

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Tusula	257	1,037	65.2%	6%	63%
Gundeimara	138	574	71.1%	1%	39%
Dangapal	131	543	63.8%	5%	59%
Kantapali	139	541	70.8%	12%	43%
Mankadmunda	107	517	55.0%	5%	37%
Dimiriposi	94	371	72.2%	3%	71%
Baishnabpali	45	216	33.9%	0%	82%
Regedakhol	42	191	78.1%	0%	43%
Talkhali	35	146	68.3%	0%	100%
Gobindpali	25	118	43.5%	0%	76%
Beteijharan	23	112	100.0%	0%	87%
Bhimaganja	15	73	52.6%	0%	92%
Danyakhol	16	68	59.7%	0%	91%
Kaldanta	2	11	77.8%	0%	0%

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Kantapali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,518; 2,220 male · 2,298 female
Households: 1,069; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 65.2%; below Barkote block's villages (72.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,035; above Barkote block's villages (974)
Children aged 0–6: 617; 13.7% of residents
Workers: 2,199; 48.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 197 (4.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,605 (57.7%)

What the 2,199 workers did

Cultivators666 (30.3%)
Agricultural labourers286 (13.0%)
Household industry19 (0.9%)
Other work181 (8.2%)
Marginal workers1,047 (47.6%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Kantapali

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 21 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 30% forest.

Education

Primary school7 of 14
Middle school4 of 14
Secondary school2 of 14
Senior secondary school1 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre1 of 14
Anganwadi centre7 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump13 of 14
Electricity for homes11 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 14
Public bus1 of 14
Mobile phone coverage10 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 14
Weekly haat2 of 14

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Biri (10), Wheat (9), Pulses (5), Mung (3), Til (1).

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. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Barkote block

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