About Kandai Village

Kandai is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 954, made up of 505 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 448.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	491332
Area (hectares)	448.69 hectares
Population	954
Male Population	505
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 99th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 448.69 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 1004.

Getting to Kandai

Kandai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kandai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kandai from other places

Kandai lies about 34 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 26 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 Kandai
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	10 km
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kumhari	26 km
District headquarters	Durg	34 km

Villages closest to Kandai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandai village had a population of 954. That makes it the 99th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Kandai village has 505 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kandai is 491332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandai covers 448.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandai falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Kumhari, about 26 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kandai.

Kandai is about 34 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandai is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 10 km away. Ahīwāra is about 12 km away. Kumhari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.