About Kandei Village

Kandei is a mid sized village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 269 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandei Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandei village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	154.72 hectares
Population	518
Male Population	269
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandei compares

By the 2011 count Kandei is the 14th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 154.72 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Kandei

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

Kandei 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 Kandei
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	13 km
District headquarters	Chamba	15 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	44 km

Villages closest to Kandei

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandei village had a population of 518. That makes it the 14th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Kandei village has 269 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandei has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Kandei is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandei covers 154.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandei falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandei 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 Kandei.

Kandei 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.

Kandei is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 13 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.