About Kandakhari Village

Kandakhari is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 124 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,379 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandakhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandakhari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	167.98 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	124
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,379
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandakhari compares

By the 2011 count Kandakhari is the 56th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 167.98 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, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Kandakhari

Kandakhari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kandakhari as Available within 5 - 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 Kandakhari from other places

Kandakhari 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 Kandakhari
District headquarters	Garhwal	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	8.2 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	14 km

Villages closest to Kandakhari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lansdowne 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 Kandakhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandakhari village had a population of 295. That makes it the 56th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Kandakhari village has 124 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandakhari has about 1379 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

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

Kandakhari covers 167.98 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.

Kandakhari falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandakhari 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kandakhari.

Kandakhari 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.

Kandakhari is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 5.2 km away. Lansdowne is about 8.2 km away. Kotdwāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.