About Kandijhar Village

Kandijhar is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 173 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandijhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandijhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	493449
Area (hectares)	323.82 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	173
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandijhar compares

By the 2011 count Kandijhar is the 199th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 323.82 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Kandijhar

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

Kandijhar lies about 28 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 9.1 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 Kandijhar
Nearest railway station	Bagbahra	9.1 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	28 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	28 km

Villages closest to Kandijhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandijhar village had a population of 330. That makes it the 199th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Kandijhar village has 173 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandijhar has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Kandijhar is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandijhar covers 323.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandijhar falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kandijhar is Bagbahra, about 9.1 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 10+ km distance for Kandijhar.

Kandijhar is about 28 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandijhar is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bagbahra is about 9.1 km away. Mahasamund is about 28 km away. Mahāsamund is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.