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About Kandanara Village

Kandanara is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 466 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandanara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandanara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 235.54 hectares
Population 938
Male Population 466
Female Population 472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kandanara compares

By the 2011 count Kandanara is the 58th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 235.54 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Kandanara

Kandanara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kandanara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kandanara from other places

Kandanara lies about 43 km from Janjgir Champa. 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 Kandanara
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 2.6 km
Nearest town Saktī 2.6 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 43 km

Villages closest to Kandanara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandanara village had a population of 938. That makes it the 58th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Kandanara village has 466 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandanara has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Kandanara is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandanara covers 235.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandanara falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Kandanara notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kandanara.

Kandanara is about 43 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandanara is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Sakti is about 2.6 km away. Saktī is about 2.6 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ragja (under 2 km), Markamgodhi (1.5 km) and Nandeli (1.6 km).

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

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