About Kandai Village

Kandai is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 92 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	57.82 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	92
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
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 Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 68th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 57.82 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Kandai

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

Kandai lies about 27 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Kandai
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	9.9 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	27 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	80 km

Villages closest to Kandai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandai village had a population of 188. That makes it the 68th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Kandai village has 92 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Kandai is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandai covers 57.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandai falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Kandai.

Kandai is about 27 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandai is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 9.9 km away. Chamoli is about 27 km away. Srīnagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.