04
Sep
Krishna Janmashtami
stateBirth of Lord Krishna; celebrated with night-long pujas and dahi-handi.
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- LGD code
- 224714
- Pincode
- 854114
- Population
- 2,528
- Households
- 452
- Literacy rate
- 42.3%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,050
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanta compares
Literacy rate
%
42.3%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Kanta
- 42.3%
- Kadwa mandal
- 40.3%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
+27 vs mandal average
- Kanta
- 949
- Kadwa mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Kanta
- 5.6
- Kadwa mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Key facts — Kanta
- LGD code
- 224714
- Pincode
- 854114
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,528
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,981
- Households
- 452
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 42.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Block / Mandal
- Kadwa
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