About Kandi Village

Kandi is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 503, made up of 268 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 562.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	562.9 hectares
Population	503
Male Population	268
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandi compares

By the 2011 count Kandi is the 147th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 562.9 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 947.

Getting to Kandi

Kandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kandi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kandi from other places

Kandi lies about 32 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 19 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 Kandi
Nearest town	Akhnūr	11 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	32 km
District headquarters	Jammu	32 km

Villages closest to Kandi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor 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 503. That makes it the 147th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Kandi village has 268 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandi has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kandi is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandi covers 562.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandi falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kandi is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 19 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 village for Kandi.

Kandi is about 32 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandi is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 11 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 19 km away. Akhnoor is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.