About Kandwan Village

Kandwan is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 11 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandwan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	30.96 hectares
Population	32
Male Population	11
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,909
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 Kandwan compares

By the 2011 count Kandwan is the 254th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 30.96 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1139.

Getting to Kandwan

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

Kandwan lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Kandwan
District headquarters	Garhwal	13 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	18 km

Villages closest to Kandwan

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 Kandwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandwan village had a population of 32. That makes it the 254th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kandwan village has 11 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandwan has about 1909 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Kandwan is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandwan covers 30.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandwan falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandwan is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Kandwan.

Kandwan is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandwan is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.