About Kandaha Village

Kandaha is a mid sized village in Mahishi tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,633, made up of 880 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandaha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Mahishi
Pincode	852216
Area (hectares)	318.9 hectares
Population	1,633
Male Population	880
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandaha compares

By the 2011 count Kandaha is the 39th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents. Its 318.9 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Kandaha

Kandaha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kandaha as Available within 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 Kandaha from other places

Kandaha lies about 11 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Saharsa Junction, about 11 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 Kandaha
Nearest town	Bangaon	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahishi	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Saharsa Junction	11 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	11 km

Villages closest to Kandaha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahishi 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.

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Common questions about Kandaha

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandaha village had a population of 1,633. That makes it the 39th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents.

Kandaha village has 880 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandaha has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Kandaha is 852216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandaha covers 318.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandaha falls under Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kandaha is Saharsa Junction, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kandaha.

Kandaha is about 11 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandaha is in Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district. Bangaon is about 3.7 km away. Mahishi is about 4.6 km away. Saharsa Junction is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.