About Kanda Village

Kanda is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 189 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, 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	Lansdowne
Pincode	246170
Area (hectares)	119.7 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	189
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,095
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanda compares

By the 2011 count Kanda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 119.7 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Kanda

Kanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	8.2 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 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 Kanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanda village had a population of 396. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Kanda village has 189 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanda has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Kanda is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanda covers 119.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanda falls under Lansdowne 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 village and private bus service as Available within village 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 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.