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About Kanti Village

Kanti is a mid sized village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,557, made up of 846 males and 711 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.64 hectares hectares.

Kanti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanti village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Banda
Area (hectares) 594.64 hectares
Population 1,557
Male Population 846
Female Population 711
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanti compares

By the 2011 count Kanti is the 37th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 594.64 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

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 <5 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 Kanti from other places

Kanti lies about 29 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Dangidahar, about 21 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
Tehsil headquarters Banda 3.5 km
Nearest railway station Dangidahar 21 km
District headquarters Sagar 29 km

Villages closest to Kanti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanti village had a population of 1,557. That makes it the 37th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Kanti village has 846 males and 711 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanti has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Kanti covers 594.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanti falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanti is Dangidahar, about 21 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kanti.

Kanti is about 29 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanti is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 3.5 km away. Dangidahar is about 21 km away. Sagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Richhai Bineka (under 2 km), Richhai Sagar (under 2 km) and Sonpur (1.5 km).

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

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