About Kandai Village

Kandai is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,654, made up of 805 males and 849 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2542.47 hectares hectares.

Kandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	2542.47 hectares
Population	1,654
Male Population	805
Female Population	849
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 22nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 2542.47 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Kandai

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

Kandai lies about 50 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 48 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 Kandai
Nearest town	Malajkhand	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	21 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	48 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	50 km

Villages closest to Kandai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandai village had a population of 1,654. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Kandai village has 805 males and 849 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Kandai covers 2542.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandai falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Dhapewara, about 48 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 Kandai.

Kandai is about 50 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandai is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 14 km away. Baihar is about 21 km away. Dhapewara is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.