About Kandai Village

Kandai is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 188 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, 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	Kotdwara
Pincode	246127
Area (hectares)	343.71 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	188
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,106
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 Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 59th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 343.71 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Kandai

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

Kandai lies about 11 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 9.4 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
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	9.4 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	11 km

Villages closest to Kandai

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 Kandai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandai village had a population of 396. That makes it the 59th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kandai village has 188 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Kandai is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandai covers 343.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandai falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Kotdwara, about 9.4 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 Kandai.

Kandai is about 11 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 Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 9.2 km away. Kotdwara is about 9.4 km away. Garhwal is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.