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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kantha
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Kāntha
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Asoha block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Kantha (#406) in Asoha CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.581933|N|80.754345|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Kantha" here |title=Geographic Names Search WebApp }}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country India
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Unnao district|Unnao]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 21.551
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 9973
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = UP-35
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Kantha''' is a village in [[Asoha]] block of [[Unnao district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Unnao, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=323–47 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/UPA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> It hosts two small [[mela]]s,<ref name="Gazetteer 1903">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Unao: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=149–50 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113180 |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> one of which is the Mahabirji-ka-Mela, held every Tuesday during the month of [[Jyaistha]].<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (37 - Unnao District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=152, 158, xcvi-xcvii of section "Purwa Tehsil", cxxvi |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1040/1/21887_1961_UNN.pdf |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> People bring sweets, toys, and other items to sell at the fair.<ref name="Census 1961"/> Kantha also hosts a market twice per week, on Mondays and Fridays, with [[vegetables]] being the main item of trade.<ref name="Census 1961"/> As of 2011, the population of Kantha is 9,973, in 2,079 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
Kantha was historically the largest village in Asoha [[pargana]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1903"/> About 900 years ago a Lodha named Kantha is said to have cleared off the jungle which surrounded this place and people in. The name is derived from that of its founder.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Government of Uttar Pradesh |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08179 |title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh, Volume II -H to M |date=1877 |publisher=Allahabad, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press |pages=111}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Unnao district}}

[[Category:Villages in Unnao district]]

Kantha, Unnao - Revision history

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