About Kandhwara Village

Kandhwara is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 261 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandhwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandhwara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176321
Area (hectares)	261.8 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	261
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandhwara compares

By the 2011 count Kandhwara is the 28th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 261.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Kandhwara

Kandhwara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kandhwara as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kandhwara from other places

Kandhwara lies about 25 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 56 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 Kandhwara
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	25 km
District headquarters	Chamba	25 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	56 km

Villages closest to Kandhwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandhwara village had a population of 491. That makes it the 28th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Kandhwara village has 261 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandhwara has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kandhwara is 176321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandhwara covers 261.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandhwara falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandhwara is Nurpur Road, about 56 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kandhwara.

Kandhwara is about 25 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandhwara is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 25 km away. Chamba is about 25 km away. Nurpur Road is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.