About Kandhri Village

Kandhri is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 63 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandhri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172101
Area (hectares)	192 hectares
Population	113
Male Population	63
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	794
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandhri compares

By the 2011 count Kandhri is the 125th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 962.

Getting to Kandhri

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

Kandhri lies about 76 km from Shimla. 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 Kandhri
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	76 km

Villages closest to Kandhri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandhri village had a population of 113. That makes it the 125th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Kandhri village has 63 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandhri has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kandhri is 172101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandhri covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandhri falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kandhri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kandhri.

Kandhri is about 76 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandhri is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.