About Kantha Village

Kantha is a mid sized village in Lunawada tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,678, made up of 871 males and 807 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kantha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kantha village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Panch Mahals
Tehsil	Lunawada
Pincode	389230
Area (hectares)	287.21 hectares
Population	1,678
Male Population	871
Female Population	807
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kantha compares

By the 2011 count Kantha is the 35th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 928 residents. Its 287.21 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kantha

Kantha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kantha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kantha from other places

Kantha lies about 20 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Vavadi Khurd, about 28 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 Kantha
Tehsil headquarters	Lunawada	10 km
Nearest town	Lūnāvāda	10 km
District headquarters	Panch Mahals	20 km
Nearest railway station	Vavadi Khurd	28 km

Villages closest to Kantha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kantha village had a population of 1,678. That makes it the 35th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 928 residents.

Kantha village has 871 males and 807 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kantha has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kantha is 389230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kantha covers 287.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kantha falls under Lunawada tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Kantha is Vavadi Khurd, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kantha.

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

Kantha is in Lunawada tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Lunawada is about 10 km away. Lūnāvāda is about 10 km away. Panch Mahals is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.