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About Hit Kandala Village

Hit Kandala is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 12 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hit Kandala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hit Kandala village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 23.97 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 12
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hit Kandala compares

By the 2011 count Hit Kandala is the 205th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 23.97 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Hit Kandala

Hit Kandala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hit Kandala 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 Hit Kandala from other places

Hit Kandala 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 Hit Kandala
District headquarters Garhwal 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 13 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 14 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 14 km

Villages closest to Hit Kandala

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

Common questions about Hit Kandala

As per the Census of India 2011, Hit Kandala village had a population of 24. That makes it the 205th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Hit Kandala village has 12 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hit Kandala has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Hit Kandala is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hit Kandala covers 23.97 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.

Hit Kandala falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Hit Kandala 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 Hit Kandala.

Hit Kandala 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.

Hit Kandala is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 5.2 km away. Satpuli is about 13 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.

The closest recorded villages are Khaira Lagga Kandai (under 2 km), Puchhari Lagga Kandai (under 2 km) and Syalni Lagga Kandai (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Hit Kandala today is likely to be higher.

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