About Kandiyal Village

Kandiyal is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 203 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandiyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandiyal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	94 hectares
Population	369
Male Population	203
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandiyal compares

By the 2011 count Kandiyal is the 108th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Kandiyal

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

Kandiyal lies about 35 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Kandiyal
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	23 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	24 km
District headquarters	Kathua	35 km

Villages closest to Kandiyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandiyal village had a population of 369. That makes it the 108th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Kandiyal village has 203 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandiyal has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Kandiyal is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandiyal covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandiyal falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kandiyal is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kandiyal.

Kandiyal is about 35 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandiyal is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Hiranagar is about 23 km away. Sāmba is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.