About Kandwan Village

Kandwan is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,511, made up of 842 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 833.45 hectares hectares.

Kandwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandwan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Area (hectares)	833.45 hectares
Population	1,511
Male Population	842
Female Population	669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	795
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Kandwan compares

By the 2011 count Kandwan is the 61st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 833.45 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 878.

Getting to Kandwan

Kandwan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kandwan 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kandwan from other places

Kandwan lies about 18 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 10 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 Kandwan
Nearest railway station	Basari	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	18 km

Villages closest to Kandwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandwan village had a population of 1,511. That makes it the 61st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Kandwan village has 842 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandwan has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Kandwan covers 833.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandwan falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandwan is Basari, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kandwan.

Kandwan is about 18 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandwan is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Basari is about 10 km away. Chhatarpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.