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About Kandar Village

Kandar is a mid sized village in Majhgawan tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,825, made up of 963 males and 862 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 768.5 hectares hectares.

Kandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Majhgawan
Area (hectares) 768.5 hectares
Population 1,825
Male Population 963
Female Population 862
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandar compares

By the 2011 count Kandar is the 16th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 768.5 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Kandar

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

Kandar lies about 58 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Badausa, about 19 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 Kandar
Nearest railway station Badausa 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Majhgawan 24 km
Nearest town Atarra 25 km
District headquarters Satna 58 km

Villages closest to Kandar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandar village had a population of 1,825. That makes it the 16th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Kandar village has 963 males and 862 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandar has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Kandar covers 768.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandar falls under Majhgawan tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandar is Badausa, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kandar.

Kandar is about 58 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandar is in Majhgawan tehsil of Satna district. Badausa is about 19 km away. Majhgawan is about 24 km away. Atarra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maharaj Nagar (1.9 km), Khohi (2.0 km) and Bardar (3.3 km).

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

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