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About Anta Village

Anta is a mid sized village in Ramsar tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,075, made up of 586 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1400 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anta village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Ramsar
Pincode 344001
Area (hectares) 1400 hectares
Population 1,075
Male Population 586
Female Population 489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anta compares

By the 2011 count Anta is the 26th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 1400 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 904.

Getting to Anta

Anta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anta as Available within 10+ 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 Anta from other places

Anta lies about 30 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Khadeen, about 5.9 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 Anta
Nearest railway station Khadeen 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramsar 23 km
District headquarters Barmer 30 km
Nearest town Bārmer 30 km

Villages closest to Anta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anta village had a population of 1,075. That makes it the 26th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Anta village has 586 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anta has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Anta is 344001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anta covers 1400 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anta falls under Ramsar tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Anta is Khadeen, about 5.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Anta.

Anta is about 30 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anta is in Ramsar tehsil of Barmer district. Khadeen is about 5.9 km away. Ramsar is about 23 km away. Barmer is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sihani (under 2 km), Hathma (3.4 km) and Bhadaroo (4.1 km).

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

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