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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kanti is a village in Padua mandal, Koraput district, Odisha, with a population of 575 across 175 households. The literacy rate is 30.6%, with PIN code 764041.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TULA HANSA
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- LGD code
- 429635
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 575
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 30.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1054 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 373
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 389 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 458 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bheja · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC , Labburu · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanti compares
By population, Kanti ranks #18 of 68 villages in Padua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
30.6%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Kanti
- 30.6%
- Padua mandal
- 33.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,054
−10 vs mandal average
- Kanti
- 1,054
- Padua mandal
- 1,064
Household size
people per home
3.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Kanti
- 3.3
- Padua mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanti at a glance
Kanti is a village of 575 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Padua block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 18th-largest of 68 villages in Padua block. Literacy is 31%, 3 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Koraput district centre, 2 km from Bheja railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429635. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC , Labburu, 16 km away. The sarpanch is TULA HANSA, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 678 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanti
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Badel
- Total area (ha)
- 341
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.38
- Forest area (ha)
- 26.24
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanti
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Key facts — Kanti
- LGD code
- 429635
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 575
- Population (projected 2026)
- 678
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1054
- Literacy rate
- 30.6%
- Coordinates
- 18.47262°N, 82.66199°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pottangi
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Chandra Kadam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TULA HANSA
- Block / Mandal
- Padua
Getting there
How to reach Kanti
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar389 kmcapital
- Hyderabad458 km
- Chennai652 km
- Kolkata748 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBheja2 km
- Bus stopLabburu Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC , Labburu16 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India33 km
- Police stationKoraput police station38 km
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- 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, 2026-09-11
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