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By population, Kaintara ranks #16 of 29 villages in Bhasma mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kaintara is a village of 473 people in 142 households (Census 2011) in Bhasma block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 16th-largest of 29 villages in Bhasma block. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. It lies 99 km from the Sundargarh district centre, 21 km from Dashapalla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 770019, served by Kundukela post office; the LGD village code is 383756. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jorum Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is URBASHI SA, and the village votes in Rengali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudarshan Haripal. The population is estimated at 558 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kundukela →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaintara · this village | 473 | 68% | — |
| Kaintara · Binika | 1,807 | 63% | 0 km N |
| Kaintara · Narasinghpur | 278 | 81% | 0 km N |
| Kaintara · Kinjirkela | 849 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Rautara · Jharpokharia | 986 | 49% | 0 km N |
| Kamaladiha · Narasinghpur | 2,216 | 76% | 3 km SE |
| Kamaladiha · Ramagiri | 255 | 30% | 3 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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