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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
AK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ASHOK KUMAR PUHAN
Contact: 94****1674
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- LGD code
- 394710
- Pincode
- 756117
- Post office
- Dhamnagar
- Population
- 1,006
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 77%
- Sex ratio
- 924 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 350
Census 2011 · in context
How Kantada compares
By population, Kantada ranks #50 of 132 villages in Dhamanagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.0%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Kantada
- 77.0%
- Dhamanagar mandal
- 75.5%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
924
−65 vs mandal average
- Kantada
- 924
- Dhamanagar mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kantada
- 5.3
- Dhamanagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kantada at a glance
Kantada is a village of 1,006 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Dhamanagar block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 50th-largest of 132 villages in Dhamanagar block. Literacy is 77%, 2 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756117, served by Dhamnagar post office; the LGD village code is 394710. The sarpanch is ASHOK KUMAR PUHAN, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by Pradyumna Kumar Nayak. The population is estimated at 1,186 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Padhani →
Key facts — Kantada
- LGD code
- 394710
- Pincode
- 756117
- Post office
- Dhamnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,006
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,186
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 924
- Literacy rate
- 77.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanjanagar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ASHOK KUMAR PUHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Dhamanagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756117
- DalangaDhamanagar mandal3,905 pop
- MustafapurDhamanagar mandal3,648 pop
- KalyaniDhamanagar mandal3,199 pop
- SodhaDhamanagar mandal3,003 pop
- GoudabishinuapadaDhamanagar mandal2,920 pop
- AnandapurDhamanagar mandal2,811 pop
- JalamanduaDhamanagar mandal2,618 pop
- BandhatiaDhamanagar mandal2,374 pop
- BishnupurBhandari Pokhari mandal2,140 pop
Other villages in Dhamanagar mandal
View all 60+ →- Dalanga
- Mustafapur
- Asurali
- Kothar
- Bamkura
- Kalyani
- Sodha
- Bhatasahi
- Goudabishinuapada
- Khaparapada
- Anandapur
- Jalamandua
- Astak
- Bandhatia
- Pachhalo
- Chhatis Samil Nandor
- Kantika
- Padhani
- Arjunpur
- Jayantara
- Kantapari
- Sahaspur
- Daipur
- Uteipur
- Surajapur
- Sayadjafar
- Gobindpur
- Piteipur
- Palkiri
- Gariali
- Pahadpur
- Bhagabanpur
- Ichhadamajapharpur
- Sorisadihi
- Sohara
- Nunia
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)