About Kandai Village

Kandai is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,353, made up of 684 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503.14 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	Saja
Pincode	491332
Area (hectares)	503.14 hectares
Population	1,353
Male Population	684
Female Population	669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 15th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 503.14 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

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 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 Kandai from other places

Kandai lies about 59 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 39 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
Nearest town	Bemetāra	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saja	14 km
Nearest railway station	Tilda-Neora	39 km
District headquarters	Durg	59 km

Villages closest to Kandai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saja 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 1,353. That makes it the 15th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Kandai village has 684 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Kandai covers 503.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandai falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Tilda-Neora, about 39 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 village for Kandai.

Kandai is about 59 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 Saja tehsil of Durg district. Bemetāra is about 9.3 km away. Saja is about 14 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.