About Kandhi Village

Kandhi is a large village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,952, made up of 2,656 males and 2,296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 659.58 hectares hectares.

Kandhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Sikandra
Area (hectares)	659.58 hectares
Population	4,952
Male Population	2,656
Female Population	2,296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandhi compares

By the 2011 count Kandhi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 659.58 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Kandhi

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

Kandhi lies about 15 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Pokhrayan, about 18 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 Kandhi
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	11 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	15 km
Nearest town	Pukhrāyān	17 km
Nearest railway station	Pokhrayan	18 km

Villages closest to Kandhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandhi village had a population of 4,952. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Kandhi village has 2,656 males and 2,296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandhi has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Kandhi covers 659.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kandhi falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandhi is Pokhrayan, about 18 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 Kandhi.

Kandhi is about 15 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandhi is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 11 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 15 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.