About Kanda Village

Kanda is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 193 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 741 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	139.32 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	193
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	741
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 Kanda compares

By the 2011 count Kanda is the 72nd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 139.32 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Kanda

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

Kanda lies about 5.2 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Kanda
District headquarters	Garhwal	5.2 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	14 km

Villages closest to Kanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotdwara 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 336. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kanda village has 193 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda has about 741 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Kanda is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda covers 139.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanda falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanda is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Kanda.

Kanda is about 5.2 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanda is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 5.2 km away. Kotdwāra is about 14 km away. Kotdwara is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.