# Kanta Village, Salon, Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Salon, Rae Bareli 

# Kanta

Kanta is a village in Salon sub-district of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,004 people in 311 households**, the 76th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 2,004people (2011)
- 311households
- 56.2%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta

Of every 100 households in Kanta in 2011, 44 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kanta · ■ Salon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**90%

Tap water ****4%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**95%

Use banking services ****90%**

**78%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

Own their home ****92%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kanta?

■ Kanta · ■ Salon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**939

Working population ****41.4%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 46.5% for women. 52% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (5%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (5%) · **■** Marginal 587 (71%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Salon

- Nigohi2,074 people
- Garha2,060 people
- Bahutai2,040 people
- Nayan2,028 people
- Kewali Mahima2,003 people
- Harpur Halla1,935 people
- Khanpur Urf Birbhanpur1,929 people
- Jujwaliya Urf Bhudwaliya1,914 people

[All 263 villages in Salon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/rae-bareli/salon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta?2,004 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta in?Rae Bareli district (Salon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta?56.2% (Census 2011)