About Kandial Village

Kandial 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 535, made up of 268 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandial village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181206
Area (hectares)	287.3 hectares
Population	535
Male Population	268
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandial compares

By the 2011 count Kandial is the 138th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 287.3 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kandial

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

Kandial lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 11 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 Kandial
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	11 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	28 km
District headquarters	Jammu	28 km

Villages closest to Kandial

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 Kandial

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandial village had a population of 535. That makes it the 138th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Kandial village has 268 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandial has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kandial is 181206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandial covers 287.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kandial is Vijaypur Jammu, about 11 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 Kandial.

Kandial is about 28 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandial is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 11 km away. Sāmba is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.