Antu, India


Antu is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Community Development Block Sandwa Chandrika, Pratapgarh Teshil, Pratapgarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, located 20.6 km northwest of the district administrative headquarter Bela Pratapgarh and 4.7 km northeast of Sandwa Chandrika. The territory of the town has 2 square kilometers. It is divided into 10 wards. The postal Zip Code is 230501.
Antu belongs to the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha Constituency and the Pratapgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency.

Geography

Antu is located at. It has an average elevation of 93 metres.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Antu has 8,504 inhabitants, 4,333 males and 4,171 females, which is a sex ratio of 998 females for every 1000 males. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.9 %, much lower than the state average of 20.2 %. The literacy rate is 76.9 %, which is higher than the state average of 67.7 %. 988 of the population belongs to one of the schedules castes. There are 1,346 households in this town.
The number of all working people is 2,276 including 419 marginal workers
India census, Antu had a population of 7,740. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Antu has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 62% of the males and 38% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transportation

Antu is located at the Antu-Bhadar Road, 2.3 northeast of the National Highway 931.
Antu has a two platform railway station at the railway between Bela Pratapgarh and Raebareli with 20 halting trains per day, including express trains.

Places of Interest