About Kantharpur Village

Kantharpur is a mid sized village in Dehgam tehsil, in the district of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 844, made up of 456 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kantharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kantharpur village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Gandhinagar
Tehsil	Dehgam
Pincode	382315
Area (hectares)	340.94 hectares
Population	844
Male Population	456
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kantharpur compares

By the 2011 count Kantharpur is the 70th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,450 residents. Its 340.94 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Kantharpur

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

Kantharpur lies about 20 km from Gandhinagar, and the nearest railway station is Rakhiyal, about 7.3 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 Kantharpur
Nearest railway station	Rakhiyal	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dehgam	15 km
Nearest town	Prāntij	15 km
District headquarters	Gandhinagar	20 km

Villages closest to Kantharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kantharpur village had a population of 844. That makes it the 70th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,450 residents.

Kantharpur village has 456 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kantharpur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Kantharpur is 382315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kantharpur covers 340.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kantharpur falls under Dehgam tehsil of Gandhinagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Kantharpur is Rakhiyal, about 7.3 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 Kantharpur.

Kantharpur is about 20 km from Gandhinagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kantharpur is in Dehgam tehsil of Gandhinagar district. Rakhiyal is about 7.3 km away. Dehgam is about 15 km away. Prāntij is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.