About Kandai Village

Kandai is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 38 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,263 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246194, 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	Pauri
Pincode	246194
Area (hectares)	28.8 hectares
Population	86
Male Population	38
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,263
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 367th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 28.8 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Kandai

Kandai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kandai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 52 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 63 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
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	52 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	63 km

Villages closest to Kandai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri 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 86. That makes it the 367th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Kandai village has 38 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 1263 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Kandai is 246194. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandai covers 28.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandai falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Kotdwara, about 63 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kandai.

Kandai is about 52 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 Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 22 km away. Garhwal is about 52 km away. Kotdwara is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.