About Kandar Village

Kandar is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 146 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	304.55 hectares
Population	265
Male Population	146
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	815
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 Kandar compares

By the 2011 count Kandar is the 72nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 304.55 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Kandar

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

Kandar lies about 50 km from Dehradun. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	6.3 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	37 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	50 km

Villages closest to Kandar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandar village had a population of 265. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Kandar village has 146 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandar has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Kandar is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandar covers 304.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandar falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Kandar notes the nearest railway station 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 Kandar.

Kandar is about 50 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandar is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 6.3 km away. Mussoorie is about 37 km away. Dehradun is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.