About Kandi Village

Kandi is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 71 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172022
Area (hectares)	308.73 hectares
Population	129
Male Population	71
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
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 Kandi compares

By the 2011 count Kandi is the 119th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 308.73 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Kandi

Kandi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kandi 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 Kandi from other places

Kandi lies about 59 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 Kandi
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	under 2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	59 km

Villages closest to Kandi

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 Kandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandi village had a population of 129. That makes it the 119th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Kandi village has 71 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandi has about 817 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 Kandi is 172022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandi covers 308.73 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.

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

The census record for Kandi notes the nearest railway station 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 Kandi.

Kandi is about 59 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandi is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.