About Kandar Village

Kandar is a small village in Srinagar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 52 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Srinagar
Pincode	242125
Area (hectares)	61.51 hectares
Population	108
Male Population	52
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
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 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 189 residents. Its 61.51 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

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 36 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 47 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 Kandar
Nearest town	Pauri	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Srinagar	15 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	36 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	47 km

Villages closest to Kandar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Srinagar 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 108. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 189 residents.

Kandar village has 52 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandar has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Kandar is 242125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandar covers 61.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandar falls under Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandar is Kotdwara, about 47 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 Kandar.

Kandar is about 36 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandar is in Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 7.3 km away. Srinagar is about 15 km away. Garhwal is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.