Gram panchayat · Tentulikhunti block · Nabarangpur
Kantagam gram panchayat
Kantagam is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tentulikhunti block of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 6,428 people in 1,550 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nabarangpur assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 6,428
- Literacy
- 45.5%
- Area
- 31.3 km²
- LGD code
- 120562
Villages of Kantagam
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 Kantagam
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 6,428
- 3,155 male · 3,273 female
- Households
- 1,550
- about 4.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 45.5%
- below Tentulikhunti block's villages (50.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,037
- below Tentulikhunti block's villages (1,055)
- Children aged 0–6
- 1,111
- 17.3% of residents
- Workers
- 3,621
- 56.3% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 488 (7.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 4,529 (70.5%)
What the 3,621 workers did
- Cultivators470 (13.0%)
- Agricultural labourers874 (24.1%)
- Household industry59 (1.6%)
- Other work108 (3.0%)
- Marginal workers2,110 (58.3%)
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 Kantagam
How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 31 km², 46% of it sown with crops and 21% forest.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school2 of 2
- Secondary school1 of 2
- Senior secondary school0 of 2
- Degree college0 of 2
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 2
- Health sub-centre2 of 2
- Anganwadi centre2 of 2
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 2
- Hand pump2 of 2
- Electricity for homes2 of 2
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 2
- Public bus0 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 2
- Commercial bank0 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
- Weekly haat1 of 2
- Primary schools
- 4
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 2
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Maida (2), Ragi (2).
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 Tentulikhunti block
- Amlabhatta
- Anchalagumma
- Digi
- Goudadeopalli
- Jharigumma
- Kamta
- Kangra
- Kukudabai
- Lamtaguda
- Manchagam
- Parajabarangpadar
- Patraput
- Pujariguda
- Tentulikhunti
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Kantagam? Share it with us.