About Kandel Village

Kandel is a large village in Kesinga tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,207, made up of 1,123 males and 1,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 592 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766012, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Kandel compares

By the 2011 count Kandel is the 7th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 592 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Kandel

Kandel is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kandel as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Jolako, Jujurang, Jurkabhadi and Kachharamunda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.