About Kanthan Village

Kanthan is a large village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,416, made up of 1,272 males and 1,144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1409.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanthan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182313
Area (hectares)	1409.1 hectares
Population	2,416
Male Population	1,272
Female Population	1,144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanthan compares

By the 2011 count Kanthan is the 22nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 1409.1 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Kanthan

Kanthan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanthan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kanthan from other places

Kanthan lies about 10 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 8.1 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 Kanthan
Nearest railway station	Dugga	8.1 km
District headquarters	Reasi	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	12 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	33 km

Villages closest to Kanthan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Kanthan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanthan village had a population of 2,416. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Kanthan village has 1,272 males and 1,144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanthan has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Kanthan is 182313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanthan covers 1409.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanthan falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kanthan is Dugga, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kanthan.

Kanthan is about 10 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanthan is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Dugga is about 8.1 km away. Reasi is about 10 km away. Gool Gulabgarh is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.