About Kanda Village

Kanda is a small village in Tyuni tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 162 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 562.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248199, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Tyuni
Pincode	248199
Area (hectares)	562.92 hectares
Population	304
Male Population	162
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanda compares

By the 2011 count Kanda is the 48th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 414 residents. Its 562.92 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 925.

Getting to Kanda

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

Kanda lies about 14 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 Kanda
Nearest town	Mussoorie	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tyuni	14 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	14 km

Villages closest to Kanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanda village had a population of 304. That makes it the 48th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 414 residents.

Kanda village has 162 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Kanda is 248199. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda covers 562.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanda falls under Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

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

Kanda is about 14 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanda is in Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district. Mussoorie is about 8.7 km away. Tyuni is about 14 km away. Dehradun is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.