About Kante Village

Kante is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 377 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1027 hectares hectares.

Kante Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kante village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	1027 hectares
Population	702
Male Population	377
Female Population	325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kante compares

By the 2011 count Kante is the 99th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 1027 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Kante

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

Kante lies about 41 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, about 26 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 Kante
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Vilavade	26 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	41 km

Villages closest to Kante

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kante village had a population of 702. That makes it the 99th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Kante village has 377 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kante has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Kante covers 1027 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kante falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kante is Vilavade, about 26 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 Kante.

Kante is about 41 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kante is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 15 km away. Vilavade is about 26 km away. Kolhapur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.