About Kander Village

Kander is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 483, made up of 242 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 562.04 hectares hectares.

Kander Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kander village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	562.04 hectares
Population	483
Male Population	242
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kander compares

By the 2011 count Kander is the 58th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 562.04 hectares work out to about 0.9 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Kander

Kander is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kander as Available within 5 - 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 Kander from other places

Kander lies about 24 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 33 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 Kander
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	24 km
District headquarters	Khunti	24 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	33 km

Villages closest to Kander

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kander village had a population of 483. That makes it the 58th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Kander village has 242 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kander has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Kander covers 562.04 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.

Kander falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kander is Chakradharpur, about 33 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kander.

Kander is about 24 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kander is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 24 km away. Khunti is about 24 km away. Chakradharpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.