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About Kadta Village

Kadta is a small village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 204 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.09 hectares hectares.

Kadta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kadta village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 215.09 hectares
Population 396
Male Population 204
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kadta compares

By the 2011 count Kadta is the 103rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 215.09 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Kadta

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

Kadta lies about 55 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, 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 Kadta
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Salekasa 28 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 39 km
District headquarters Balaghat 55 km

Villages closest to Kadta

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

Common questions about Kadta

As per the Census of India 2011, Kadta village had a population of 396. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Kadta village has 204 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kadta has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Kadta covers 215.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kadta falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kadta is Salekasa, about 28 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 village for Kadta.

Kadta is about 55 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kadta is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 8.6 km away. Salekasa is about 28 km away. Khairāgarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandwa (under 2 km), Gulpur (1.5 km) and Sarra (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kadta today is likely to be higher.

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