About D P F Kandakhai Village

D P F Kandakhai is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 33, made up of 16 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Kandakhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Kandakhai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	78.79 hectares
Population	33
Male Population	16
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Kandakhai compares

By the 2011 count D P F Kandakhai is the 171st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 78.79 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to D P F Kandakhai

D P F Kandakhai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for D P F Kandakhai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 D P F Kandakhai from other places

D P F Kandakhai lies about 47 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 42 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 D P F Kandakhai
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	21 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	40 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	42 km
District headquarters	Shimla	47 km

Villages closest to D P F Kandakhai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nerua 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 D P F Kandakhai

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Kandakhai village had a population of 33. That makes it the 171st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

D P F Kandakhai village has 16 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Kandakhai has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for D P F Kandakhai is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Kandakhai covers 78.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Kandakhai falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to D P F Kandakhai is Salogra, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for D P F Kandakhai.

D P F Kandakhai is about 47 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Kandakhai is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 21 km away. Nāhan is about 40 km away. Salogra is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.