About Kanti Village

Kanti is a large village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,057, made up of 1,065 males and 992 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.84 hectares hectares.

Kanti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanti village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	595.84 hectares
Population	2,057
Male Population	1,065
Female Population	992
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanti compares

By the 2011 count Kanti is the 24th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 595.84 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 955.

Getting to Kanti

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

Kanti lies about 18 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 11 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 Kanti
Nearest railway station	Salhana	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	14 km
District headquarters	Katni	18 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	18 km

Villages closest to Kanti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanti village had a population of 2,057. That makes it the 24th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Kanti village has 1,065 males and 992 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanti has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Kanti covers 595.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanti falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanti is Salhana, about 11 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 Kanti.

Kanti is about 18 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanti is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about 11 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 14 km away. Katni is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.