About Kandai Village

Kandai is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 143 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,399 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, 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	Satpuli
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	130.15 hectares
Population	343
Male Population	143
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,399
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandai compares

By the 2011 count Kandai is the 15th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 130.15 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Kandai

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

Kandai lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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	Satpuli	12 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	32 km

Villages closest to Kandai

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.

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Common questions about Kandai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandai village had a population of 343. That makes it the 15th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Kandai village has 143 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandai has about 1399 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

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

Kandai covers 130.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kandai falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kandai is Kotdwara, about 32 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 10+ km distance for Kandai.

Kandai is about 22 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 Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 12 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.