About Kandai Village

Kandai is a small village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 143 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246473, 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	Pokhari
Pincode	246473
Area (hectares)	42.66 hectares
Population	272
Male Population	143
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 46th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 42.66 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

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 51 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 65 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	Pokhari	1.6 km
Nearest town	Pauri	41 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	51 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	65 km

Villages closest to Kandai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pokhari 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 272. That makes it the 46th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Kandai village has 143 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Kandai is 246473. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandai covers 42.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kandai falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Ramnagar, about 65 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 51 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 Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Pokhari is about 1.6 km away. Pauri is about 41 km away. Chamoli is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.