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| name = Kanti
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]]
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| postal_code = 843109
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| leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name2 = [[Mohammad Israil Mansuri]]
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| leader_name3 = [[Veena Devi]]
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'''Kanti''' is a town and a [[notified area]] in [[Muzaffarpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. It is also a block headquarters belongs to [[Tirhut division]]. It is located 15km by road from district headquarters located in [[Muzaffarpur]]. Kanti holds a distinct history for it was a spot for indigo production. Kanti was once a site for saltpeter production. In 2022, Kanti Nagar Panchayat was upgraded to Nagar Parishad (Municipal Council).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/story-fresh-formation-and-delimitation-of-wards-in-kanti-municipal-council-6820524.html|title=कांटी नगर परिषद में नए सिरे से वार्ड का हुआ गठन व परिसीमन}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-26-wards-made-in-kanti-of-muzaffarpur-and-26-in-sahebganj-municipal-council-22666322.html|title=मुजफ्फरपुर के कांटी व साहेबगंज नगर परिषद में बनाए गए 26-26 वार्ड, देखें पूरी ल‍िस्‍ट}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/story-motipur-city-council-notification-issued-3910370.html|title=मोतीपुर नगर परिषद की अधिसूचना जारी}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/muzaffarpur/news/seven-new-city-panchayats-will-also-be-formed-in-kanti-motipur-and-sahebganj-128038402.html|title=जिले में नगर निकायों की संख्या हो जाएगी 11:कांटी, मोतीपुर और साहेबगंज में अब नगर परिषद, सात नई नगर पंचायत भी बनेगी|work=Dainik Bhaskar|date=22 December 2020|access-date=10 September 2022|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222215929/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/muzaffarpur/news/seven-new-city-panchayats-will-also-be-formed-in-kanti-motipur-and-sahebganj-128038402.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/story-kanti-city-council-will-be-formed-by-combining-seven-more-villages-3234697.html|title=सात और गांव को मिलाकर बनेगा कांटी नगर परिषद}}</ref> The PIN (Postal Index Number) code of this location is 843109.

== Transportation ==
Kanti is connected by rail and [[Kanti railway station]] is situated on [[Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line]]. It is 13 km by railway from [[Muzaffarpur Junction railway station|Muzaffarpur Junction]] and 4 km from [[Piprahan railway station|Piprahan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kanti Railway Station Map/Atlas ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/kanti-kti/5066|access-date=2021-09-20|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kanti had a population of 272,858. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kanti has an average literacy rate of 66.68%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 61.01%, and female literacy is 48.27%. In Kanti, 17.54% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
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{{Tirhut Division}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Muzaffarpur district]]

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Kanti, Muzaffarpur - Revision history

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