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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RASMITA SETHY
Contact: 99****7313
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- LGD code
- 394858
- Pincode
- 756100
- Post office
- Bhadrak Banka Bazar
- Population
- 1,581
- Households
- 342
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Sex ratio
- 947 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 485
Census 2011 · in context
How Kantia compares
By population, Kantia ranks #45 of 161 villages in Bhadrak Rural mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.7%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Kantia
- 73.7%
- Bhadrak Rural mandal
- 71.7%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
−19 vs mandal average
- Kantia
- 947
- Bhadrak Rural mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kantia
- 4.6
- Bhadrak Rural mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kantia at a glance
Kantia is a village of 1,581 people in 342 households (Census 2011) in Bhadrak Rural block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 45th-largest of 161 villages in Bhadrak Rural block. Literacy is 74%, 2 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756100, served by Bhadrak Banka Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 394858. The sarpanch is RASMITA SETHY, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 1,864 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ganijang →
Key facts — Kantia
- LGD code
- 394858
- Pincode
- 756100
- Post office
- Bhadrak Banka Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,581
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,864
- Households
- 342
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 947
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RASMITA SETHY
- Block / Mandal
- Bhadrak Rural
- Nearest railway station
- Shyama Charanpur (1.3 km)
Same pincode
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- BrahmapurBhadrak Rural mandal3,233 pop
- BahudaradaBhadrak Rural mandal3,209 pop
- TalangaBhadrak Rural mandal3,121 pop
- SaharaBhadrak Rural mandal3,010 pop
- EraraBhadrak Rural mandal2,924 pop
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Other villages in Bhadrak Rural mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)