About Kante Village

Kante is a small village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 169 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,325 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.05 hectares hectares.

Kante Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kante village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Lanja
Area (hectares)	351.05 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	169
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,325
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kante compares

By the 2011 count Kante is the 97th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 351.05 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Kante

Kante is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kante as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 62 km from Ratnagiri, 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
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Vilavade	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lanja	34 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	62 km

Villages closest to Kante

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lanja 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 393. That makes it the 97th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Kante village has 169 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kante has about 1325 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Kante covers 351.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kante falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kante.

Kante is about 62 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kante is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Shahuwadi is about 15 km away. Vilavade is about 26 km away. Lanja is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.