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About Kandraha Village

Kandraha is a small village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 45 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandraha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Mohanpur
Pincode 814113
Area (hectares) 43.86 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 45
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandraha compares

By the 2011 count Kandraha is the 298th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 43.86 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 935.

Getting to Kandraha

Kandraha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kandraha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kandraha from other places

Kandraha lies about 75 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 16 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 Kandraha
Nearest railway station Bela 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohanpur 17 km
Nearest town Godda 22 km
District headquarters Deoghar 75 km

Villages closest to Kandraha

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

Common questions about Kandraha

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandraha village had a population of 75. That makes it the 298th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Kandraha village has 45 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandraha has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Kandraha is 814113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandraha covers 43.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandraha falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandraha is Bela, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Kandraha.

Kandraha is about 75 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandraha is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Bela is about 16 km away. Mohanpur is about 17 km away. Godda is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaura (2.3 km), Bajar (2.5 km) and Bajarmarua (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kandraha today is likely to be higher.

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