Census town · Nayagarh district
Kantilo
Kantilo is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Nayagarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 9,181 people in 2,118 households, up 5.1% from 8,735 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 9,181
- Literacy
- 85.2%
- Area
- 6 km²
- Sub-district
- Khandapada
- Census town code
- 406078
People and work in Kantilo
- Population
- 9,181
- 4,734 male · 4,447 female
- Households
- 2,118
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.2%
- men 92.3% · women 77.7%below urban Nayagarh (87.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 939
- above urban Nayagarh (916)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 871
- People per km²
- 1,530
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,381 (25.9%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2 (0.0%)
What the 2,888 workers did
- Cultivators21 (0.7%)
- Agricultural labourers18 (0.6%)
- Household industry138 (4.8%)
- Other work1,977 (68.5%)
- Marginal workers734 (25.4%)
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 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Kantilo was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 6 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Khandapara
- Annual rainfall
- 1,449.1 mm
- Temperature range
- 11°C to 44.6°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 92 km by road
- District headquarters
- Nayagarh, 26 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khordha Road, 76 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhubaneswar, 92 km
- Roads
- 18 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,030
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (4 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 10 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 12
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Bel Metal, Aluminium
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 Nayagarh
See also: Khandapada sub-district · People of Nayagarh district
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