About Kantapada Village

Kantapada is a mid sized village in Pandapara tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 781, made up of 396 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758079, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kantapada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kantapada village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Pandapara
Pincode	758079
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	781
Male Population	396
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kantapada compares

By the 2011 count Kantapada is the 25th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Kantapada

Kantapada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kantapada as Available within village. 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 Kantapada from other places

Kantapada lies about 22 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, about 14 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 Kantapada
Nearest railway station	Basantapur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pandapara	22 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	22 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	22 km

Villages closest to Kantapada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kantapada village had a population of 781. That makes it the 25th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Kantapada village has 396 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kantapada has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Kantapada is 758079. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kantapada covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kantapada falls under Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Kantapada is Basantapur, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kantapada.

Kantapada is about 22 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kantapada is in Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about 14 km away. Pandapara is about 22 km away. Kendujhar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.