About Kand Village

Kand is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 213 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176057, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kand village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176057
Area (hectares)	133.6 hectares
Population	395
Male Population	213
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kand compares

By the 2011 count Kand is the 83rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 133.6 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Kand

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

Kand lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 12 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 Kand
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	2.6 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	16 km

Villages closest to Kand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kand village had a population of 395. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Kand village has 213 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kand has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kand is 176057. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kand covers 133.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kand falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kand is Nagrota, about 12 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 Kand.

Kand is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kand is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Dharmsala is about 2.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 2.6 km away. Nagrota is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.