About Kantada Village

Kantada is a mid sized village in Dhamanagar tehsil, in the district of Bhadrak, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 523 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kantada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kantada village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak
Tehsil	Dhamanagar
Pincode	756117
Area (hectares)	177 hectares
Population	1,006
Male Population	523
Female Population	483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kantada compares

By the 2011 count Kantada is the 17th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 913 residents. Its 177 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Kantada

Kantada is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kantada as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kantada from other places

Kantada lies about 17 km from Bhadrak, and the nearest railway station is Bhadrak Junction, about 20 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kantada
District headquarters	Bhadrak	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamanagar	19 km
Nearest railway station	Bhadrak Junction	20 km

Villages closest to Kantada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhamanagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kantada

As per the Census of India 2011, Kantada village had a population of 1,006. That makes it the 17th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 913 residents.

Kantada village has 523 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kantada has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kantada is 756117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kantada covers 177 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kantada falls under Dhamanagar tehsil of Bhadrak district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Kantada is Bhadrak Junction, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kantada.

Kantada is about 17 km from Bhadrak in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kantada is in Dhamanagar tehsil of Bhadrak district. Bhadrak is about 17 km away. Dhamanagar is about 19 km away. Bhadrak Junction is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.