About Kandra Village

Kandra is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 342 males and 379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587.01 hectares hectares.

Kandra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Kirnapur
Area (hectares)	587.01 hectares
Population	721
Male Population	342
Female Population	379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
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 Kandra compares

By the 2011 count Kandra is the 84th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 587.01 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Kandra

Kandra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kandra 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 Kandra from other places

Kandra lies about 33 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Birsola, about 25 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 Kandra
Tehsil headquarters	Kirnapur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Birsola	25 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	33 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	33 km

Villages closest to Kandra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandra village had a population of 721. That makes it the 84th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Kandra village has 342 males and 379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandra has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Kandra covers 587.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandra falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandra is Birsola, about 25 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 Kandra.

Kandra is about 33 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandra is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 12 km away. Birsola is about 25 km away. Gondiā is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.