About Kantakai Village

Kantakai is a mid sized village in Baidyeswar tehsil, in the district of Cuttack, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,845, made up of 973 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 734 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 754009, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kantakai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kantakai village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Cuttack
Tehsil	Baidyeswar
Pincode	754009
Area (hectares)	734 hectares
Population	1,845
Male Population	973
Female Population	872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kantakai compares

By the 2011 count Kantakai is the 5th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 840 residents. Its 734 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Kantakai

Kantakai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kantakai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kantakai from other places

Kantakai lies about under 2 km from Cuttack, and the nearest railway station is Cuttack Junction, about 2.2 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 Kantakai
Tehsil headquarters	Baidyeswar	under 2 km
District headquarters	Cuttack	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Cuttack Junction	2.2 km

Villages closest to Kantakai

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

Jagannathpurpatana 31 km

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 Kantakai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kantakai village had a population of 1,845. That makes it the 5th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 840 residents.

Kantakai village has 973 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kantakai has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Kantakai is 754009. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kantakai covers 734 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kantakai falls under Baidyeswar tehsil of Cuttack district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Kantakai is Cuttack Junction, about 2.2 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 10+ km distance for Kantakai.

Kantakai is about under 2 km from Cuttack in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kantakai is in Baidyeswar tehsil of Cuttack district. Baidyeswar is about under 2 km away. Cuttack is about under 2 km away. Cuttack Junction is about 2.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.