Kantamal
Kesinga block · Kalahandi
district, Odisha · PIN 766011
· village code 422381
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 423 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,270 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
423
Male / female
235 / 188
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
800
Children aged 0–6
65
Literacy rate
55.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
26 / 146
Working population
226
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.6%
Households
89
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 200 / 250
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Utkela 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
₹36.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.48 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹1,500 · left ₹22.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.30 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹1.13 lakh · left ₹33.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.2342, 83.2455 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Kalahandi district ·
School
staffing across Kalahandi ·
…and across Odisha