About Kandai Village

Kandai is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 14 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,357 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Chaubattakhal
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	149.33 hectares
Population	47
Male Population	14
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,357
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 178th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 149.33 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Kandai

Kandai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kandai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 29 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 40 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	Chaubattakhal	4.5 km
Nearest town	Pauri	28 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	40 km

Villages closest to Kandai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chaubattakhal 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 47. That makes it the 178th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Kandai village has 14 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 2357 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Kandai is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandai covers 149.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandai falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Kotdwara, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kandai.

Kandai is about 29 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandai is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 4.5 km away. Pauri is about 28 km away. Garhwal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.