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About Kandi Village

Kandi is a large village in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,237, made up of 2,240 males and 1,997 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381 hectares hectares.

Kandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Gaya Town C D Block
Area (hectares) 381 hectares
Population 4,237
Male Population 2,240
Female Population 1,997
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandi compares

By the 2011 count Kandi is the 7th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents. Its 381 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Kandi

Kandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kandi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kandi from other places

Kandi lies about 16 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Neyamatpur Halt, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kandi
Nearest railway station Neyamatpur Halt under 2 km
Nearest town Tekāri 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Gaya Town C D Block 16 km
District headquarters Gaya 16 km

Villages closest to Kandi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Kandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandi village had a population of 4,237. That makes it the 7th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents.

Kandi village has 2,240 males and 1,997 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandi has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Kandi covers 381 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kandi falls under Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kandi is Neyamatpur Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kandi.

Kandi is about 16 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandi is in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district. Neyamatpur Halt is about under 2 km away. Tekāri is about 13 km away. Gaya Town C D Block is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Utraundh (5.1 km), Chakand (5.3 km) and Hasanpur (5.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kandi today is likely to be higher.

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