Kantesir
Kesinga block · Kalahandi
district, Odisha · PIN 766012
· village code 422304
Population 2011
2,632
Census of India
Population 2020
2,937
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.6%
305 people · 1.2% a year
Households
733
+3.2% vs 710 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,632
Male / female
1,341 / 1,291
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
329
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
582 / 722
Working population
1,170
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.3%
Households
710
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
187
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
679
Non-farm households
54
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
583 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
583 / 202 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kantesir panchayat, Kesinga zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹20.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹76,870
Spent
₹2.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.28 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹44,116 · left ₹13.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.59 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹2.24 lakh · left ₹25.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.1982, 83.2262 —
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