About Kandi Village

Kandi is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 452, made up of 219 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176308
Area (hectares)	143.2 hectares
Population	452
Male Population	219
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandi compares

By the 2011 count Kandi is the 21st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 143.2 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kandi

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

Kandi lies about 15 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 44 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 Kandi
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	2.3 km
District headquarters	Chamba	15 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	44 km

Villages closest to Kandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandi village had a population of 452. That makes it the 21st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Kandi village has 219 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandi has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Kandi is 176308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandi covers 143.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandi falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandi is Nurpur Road, about 44 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kandi.

Kandi is about 15 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandi is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Bhalai is about 2.3 km away. Chamba is about 15 km away. Nurpur Road is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.