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Kantaphod is a small village and a nagar panchayat in Dewas district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is located on the foot of Malwa plateau on the bank of Chandrakeshar river.

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Place details

Locality
Kantaphor
Region
Madhya Pradesh
Country
India
Population
10,405

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Kantaphod
Settlement.other_name
Kauntapoor
Settlement.settlement_type
city
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Madhya Pradesh#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Dewas
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
9240
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1
Hindi
Settlement.timezone1
IST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Located in
Dewas district
Elevation
362
Time zone
UTC+05:30
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postal code
455440
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Encyclopedic overview

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Kantaphod is a small village and a nagar panchayat in Dewas district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is located on the foot of Malwa plateau on the bank of Chandrakeshar river.

==Demographics== India census, Kantaphod had a population of 9,240. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kantaphod has an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 41%. In Kantaphod, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kantaphod” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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