About Kantamal Village

Kantamal is a mid sized village in Kegaon tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,568, made up of 807 males and 761 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kantamal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kantamal village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Kegaon
Pincode	766036
Area (hectares)	351 hectares
Population	1,568
Male Population	807
Female Population	761
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kantamal compares

By the 2011 count Kantamal is the 19th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 964 residents. Its 351 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 1005.

Getting to Kantamal

Kantamal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kantamal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kantamal from other places

Kantamal lies about 9.1 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh Town, about 12 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 Kantamal
Tehsil headquarters	Kegaon	9.1 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Nayagarh Town	12 km
Nearest town	Polasara	48 km

Villages closest to Kantamal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kegaon 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 Kantamal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kantamal village had a population of 1,568. That makes it the 19th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 964 residents.

Kantamal village has 807 males and 761 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kantamal has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Kantamal is 766036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kantamal covers 351 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kantamal falls under Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Kantamal is Nayagarh Town, about 12 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 village for Kantamal.

Kantamal is about 9.1 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kantamal is in Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district. Kegaon is about 9.1 km away. Kalahandi is about 9.1 km away. Nayagarh Town is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.