About Kanthi Village

Kanthi is a mid sized village in Ramban tehsil, in the district of Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,978, made up of 1,032 males and 946 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 656.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanthi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanthi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ramban
Tehsil	Ramban
Pincode	182148
Area (hectares)	656.4 hectares
Population	1,978
Male Population	1,032
Female Population	946
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanthi compares

By the 2011 count Kanthi is the 31st largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,604 residents. Its 656.4 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Kanthi

Kanthi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanthi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kanthi from other places

Kanthi lies about 4.7 km from Ramban, and the nearest railway station is Sumber, about 17 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 Kanthi
Tehsil headquarters	Ramban	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Sumber	17 km
Nearest town	Doda	26 km

Villages closest to Kanthi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanthi village had a population of 1,978. That makes it the 31st largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,604 residents.

Kanthi village has 1,032 males and 946 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanthi has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Kanthi is 182148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanthi covers 656.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanthi falls under Ramban tehsil of Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kanthi is Sumber, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanthi.

Kanthi is about 4.7 km from Ramban in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanthi is in Ramban tehsil of Ramban district. Ramban is about 4.7 km away. Sumber is about 17 km away. Doda is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.