About Kanti Village

Kanti is a mid sized village in Mariahu tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 220 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,327 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.37 hectares hectares.

Kanti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanti village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Mariahu
Area (hectares)	88.37 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	220
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,327
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Kanti compares

By the 2011 count Kanti is the 400th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents. Its 88.37 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Kanti

Kanti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kanti as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanti from other places

Kanti lies about 36 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarai Kansrai, about 7.5 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	Sarai Kansrai	7.5 km
Nearest town	Machhlīshahr	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mariahu	20 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	36 km

Villages closest to Kanti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mariahu 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 512. That makes it the 400th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents.

Kanti village has 220 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanti has about 1327 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Kanti covers 88.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanti falls under Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanti is Sarai Kansrai, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Kanti.

Kanti is about 36 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanti is in Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district. Sarai Kansrai is about 7.5 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 17 km away. Mariahu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.