Kanti
city
Kanti Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 26°13′00″N 85°18′00″E / 26.2167°N 85.3000°E / 26.2167; 85.3000
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Government
• MLA	Mohammad Israil Mansuri
• Member of Parliament	Veena Devi
Population  (2001)
• Total	20,873
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Lok Sabha constituency	Vaishali
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kanti
Civic agency	Kanti Nagar Parishad

Kanti is a town and a notified area in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is also a block headquarters belongs to "Tirhut Division". It is located 15 km by road from District headquarters 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).^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Pin Code 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 and 4 km from Piprahan.^[6]

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[7] 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. Shubham Priyadarshan lives here.